Saturday, July 5, 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.

The killer nanny and the TV blackout

The recent murder of a child in central Moscow has shocked us all. Why didn't Russian state media respond, Natalia Antonova wrote for oDR. The...

Estonian intelligence: Russia biggest threat to the regional security

The Estonian Information Board – the country’s foreign intelligence service – warns in its “International Security and Estonia 2016” report that the policies of...

Lying Press? Germans Lose Faith in the Fourth Estate

Germans are losing faith in their media. Nowhere is this more apparent than in mistrust of refugee crisis media coverage. Where did journalists go...

Discrediting the West – an insider’s view on Russia’s RT

Liz Wahl is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. From 2011 to 2014, she was a correspondent and anchor for the U.S. branch...

Twitter Reports Massive Increase in Russian Government’s Content Removal Requests

The latest Twitter transparency report shows that the number of the Kremlin's requests to take down content grew more than 25-fold in the second...

Do you suffer from Russophobia? The Kremlin thinks you might

If Russian officials are to be believed, the reason people worry about what Russia might do next is because they suffer from Russophobia, an...

Russia’s Paranoid Patriotism Gets a Cartoon Movie

A Russian charity group has made what appears to be a truly amazing animated film. The movie, titled “Children Versus Wizards,” is a Russian...

The Kremlin’s Influence in Hungary

The DGAP's series continues with an examination of Budapest's ties to Moscow, Dániel Hegedüs wrote. Russia’s relations with Hungary are unique within the EU. Close...

How Donbas gets split by Russian propaganda

Donetsk region residents have felt the power of information war in the last two years. Donetsk region residents have felt the power of information war...

NATO Commander: Russia uses Syrian refugees as ‘weapon’ against West

NATO's top commander in Europe, Philip Breedlove, made the claim about the migration crisis during US Senate testimony. He also warned lawmakers that Russia...