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.

An alleged rape sparked tensions between Russia and Germany. Now police say it was...

Over the past few years, Germany's relationship with Russia has repeatedly proven important for the West. Yet a mysterious disappearance and rumors of a horrific crime...

Ukrainian Library director to remain under house arrest on ‘extremism’ charges

A Moscow court on Jan 27 extended for a further 3 months the house arrest imposed on Natalya Sharina, Director of the Ukrainian Literature...

Internet Trolling as a hybrid warfare tool: the case of Latvia

Download publication file By NATO Stratcom Centre of Excellence

Latvia: Re:Baltica Battles Right Wing Propaganda from… Russia

Latvia-based OCCRP partner Re:Baltica has published a series of investigations on right-wing propaganda and misinformation about  Latvian media which reporters found originated from Russia. Vladimir...

The Fake Facebook News Driving Iraq’s Wars

A group of dedicated journalists is fighting to set the record straight about lies on social media that feed the flames of sectarian hatred,...

Russian propaganda supports the immigrant-rapist myth

Russian media have joined Europe’s far-right parties and groups in demonizing immigrants as rapists. Consider this story: Evil Muslim migrants rape a 13-year old Russian girl...

In What Way Ukrainian Banks Were “Ranked” the “Most Unreliable”

On January 21 Ukrainian and Russian media dedicated a great deal of attention to the claim that seemingly at the World Economic forum in...

Moscow Disinformation Spreading from Mass Media to Academic Output

When most people think about Russian  disinformation now, they think almost exclusively about stories directed to a mass audience, be it via the print...

Russia accused of clandestine funding of European parties as US conducts major review of...

American intelligence agencies are to conduct a major investigation into how the Kremlin is infiltrating political parties in Europe, it can be revealed, Peter...

Triangulating Sources to Thin the Fog of War

This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet....