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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.

Russian troll farms behind campaign to topple Ukraine’s government

Over 2,000 social media profiles, directed from Moscow, were orchestrating a “third Maidan” campaign in Ukrainian social media. The internet portal Texty.org.ua investigated the origins...

Antiviral social media: How can newsroom designers make debunks better?

New verification projects should consider core lessons from older and better-established fact-checking styles while adapting for social media ecosystems, Chris Blow writes for First...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. October 4

Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts The case of MH17 finally closed? According to 100 international prosecutors, the MH17 flight with 283 passengers on board has...

Russia: Cheerful Propaganda and Hate on Command

The Donetsk leak. Emails between separatists in eastern Ukraine and advisers from Russia offer insights into the Kremlin's media manipulation. The evidence of the extent...

Kremlin Watch Monitor. September 27, 2016

Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts Open Call to Democratic Parliaments On 18 September 2016, the Russian authorities have held “parliamentary elections” on the territory of...

Russia Watcher’s Field Guide (Essential!)

This glossary/phrasebook, which contains a random list of key terms, concepts and phrases you must know in order to discuss Russia, originally began as...

Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe

The Kremlin has turned its disinformation machine on those who are investigating the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July of...

The Russian Defence Ministry Presents Evidence They Faked Their Previous MH17 Evidence

On July 21st 2014 the Russian Defence Ministry presented their evidence relating to the downing of Flight MH17 on July 17th 2014. Bellingcat has...

Media in Russian-Occupied Donbass Increasingly Like Those of North Korea, Study Finds

Ukrainians living in the Russian-occupied Donbass and those living in the rest of Ukraine exist in “two parallel realities” because the media in the...

Why Graham Phillips gets away with his ‘journalism’

Ukraine's MP and country's PACE delegation chairman Volodymyr Ariev on incidents involving the British journalist Ukraine's delegation to PACE presented a video, showing how Graham...