Friday, July 4, 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 Great Manipulator

Dmitry Medvedev recently played a telling little head game. When the Russian prime minister said at the Munich Security Conference that Moscow and the West...

Germany probes Russian media’s role in fuelling migrant fracas

Germany is investigating suspicions that pro-Kremlin media are seeking to fan tensions over Europe’s refugee crisis with a string of phony reports, including claims...

Debunking Lies and Stopping Fakes: Lessons from the Frontline

For the Kremlin, propaganda has become an integral part of information warfare. Throughout the past decade the Russian propaganda machine has been structured and...

Why Europe Is Right to Fear Putin’s Useful Idiots

The Kremlin’s support for right-wing parties is no game. It’s trying to subvert the European idea, Alina Polyakova wrote for Foreign Policy. Scholar Scott Radnitz...

These Digital Sleuths Are Sticking It to ISIS and the Kremlin

Armchair intelligence analysts are debunking propaganda and uncovering war crimes without ever leaving home, Bryan Schatz wrote for Mother Jones. It was late 2014. Pro-Moscow...

MH17 – Potential Suspects and Witnesses from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade February...

The report can be downloaded here  This report, MH17: Potential Suspects and Witnesses from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, presents information regarding the Russian brigade that we...

Polish TV broadcasts Moreira’s “Masks of the Revolution” on Maidan shooting anniversary

On 21 February Polish channel TVN24 broadcasted the scandalous film “Ukraine. Masks of the Revolution” by Paul Moreira. The documentary has been widely criticized for...

Hard Labor for Woman Who Reposted Online Criticism of Russia’s Actions in Ukraine

A Russian district court has sentenced Ekaterina Vologzheninova, a single mother from Yekaterinburg, to 320 hours of labor for reposting materials critical of Russian...

EU breaks taboo on ‘Russian forces in Ukraine’

The EU has broken its taboo on referring to Russian forces in east Ukraine in its official documents, Andrew Rettman writes for EUobserver. It said in...

Lobbying for Brexit: How the Kremlin’s media are distorting the UK’s debate

The Kremlin wants Britain to leave the EU. That, at least, is the impression given by the coverage of the so-called "Brexit" debate by...