Sunday, July 6, 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.

History Upside Down

By EU vs Disinfo History in Russia is a minefield. A popular saying in the Soviet Union went like this: ‘We know what the future...

Lighting Fire To Emotions With Lies

By EU vs Disinfo Try to imagine your feelings if you saw your church on fire in the evening TV news. Then imagine your reaction...

Ways The Russian Machinery Tries To Manipulate Us

By EU vs Disinfo The very first EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats was published today and can now be downloaded...

Let There Be Monsters – And Biolabs

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin disinformation machinery continues to fabricate make-believe stories about biolabs in Ukraine and bioweapons testing, while tossing its tentacles near...

Anti-Semitism And Pro-Kremlin Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo At the very end of 2022, the now exiled chief Rabbi of Moscow made a remarkable statement, urging Russian Jews to leave...

“Refugees are Not Welcome” – How Russian Propaganda Lies about Ukrainian Refugees

Russian propagandists continue to lie about the reality of life in Ukraine and in the West in numerous capacities. By Dzvenyslava Shcherba, for UkraineWorld Therefore, they...

The Sins Of Their Forefathers

By EU vs Disinfo Duality is the name of the pro-Kremlin disinformation game. Last week Russia’s tendency to make diametrically opposed disinformation-laden claims came into...

Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels try to convince Latvians their government is ‘fascist’

Newly created pro-Kremlin Telegram channels target Russian speakers in Latvia By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLab The DFRLab identified at least fourteen Telegram channels that amplify each...

Preparing Minds for the War: How Russian Propagandists Sowed the Seeds of and Justified...

Russia has been using various narratives that justify aggression against Ukraine. By Anastasiia Herasymchuk, for UkraineWorld These narratives all exist in the information space simultaneously, but...

Shifting The Focus, Engineering Paranoia, Manufacturing Fake Threats

By EU vs Disinfo While much of the world watched with horror and condemnation as reports came in about Russian missile attacks on Dnipro and other Ukrainian cities during 15-16 January,...