Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Context

Stories in the Context section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices used by the Russian government in its information war. They appear on our site with the permission of their original publisher and reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the position of StopFake’s editorial board.

Kremlin Watch Monitor. November 14, 2016

Join the search for the next Putinversteher of the Week! After a two week pause, the Kremlin Watch Monitor is coming to your mailboxes with...

How Russian State Media Covers the US Elections: From Bias to Disinformation

By Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, The Interpreter TV1 announcer says Hillary Clinton has ordered fireworks to celebrate her election win well in advance of election day. Russian media...

The limits of anti-Americanism in Russia

No matter who wins the White House race, Russia’s anti-Americanism will eventually exhaust itself, Anton Barbashin wrote for Open Democracy. Not since the Cold War...

Amnesty International: Russia ‘tightening the screws’ on dis​senting​ Crimeans

Two and a half years after Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea, it gets only scarier and harder for the peninsula’s citizens to voice an opinion...

The Kremlin’s Total Information Warfare with No Moral Boundaries

By Vladimir Sazonov, for Diplomaatia Moscow is primarily trying to influence politics in Ukraine. Introduction This article is the author’s first in a new series on Russia’s...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. November 1, 2016

Join the search for the next Putinversteher of the Week! Have you found the behaviour of some Western politician or other publicly known figure worth...

Russian TV Channel is facing restrictions on broadcasting in Lithuania

Russian Channel Planeta TV is facing restrictions on broadcasting in Lithuania due to the incitement of inter-ethnic discord and calls for war, the DELFI...

StopFake joins the global First Draft Partner Network

Ukrainian faktcheking project StopFake has joined the global network of First Draft partners, which works to improve the quality of online journalism, alongside organisations...

Russian Propaganda Deflects Its Meddling in US Election: RT Calls Hillary Clinton the New...

By Paula Chertok, East West Blog Russia’s propaganda channel RT (formerly Russia Today), available on most cable networks across the entire US, courtesy of Vladimir...

Russian diplomats exercised with Hungarian cop killer’s far-right gang

By Dezső András, Panyi Szabolcs, for Index The far-right paramilitary organization led by the police officer’s killer at Bőny, Hungary had ties to Russian diplomats,...