Monday, May 20, 2024

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 Journalist Attacked, Severely Beaten In Saratov

Two unknown men have severely beaten a local journalist in Russia's southwestern city of Saratov. Sergei Vilkov, a reporter for the Obshchestvennoye Mneniye (Public Opinion)...

Ukrainian President Backs Russian-Language TV Channel in Europe to Counter Moscow’s Lies

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told visiting Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics that Kyiv supports the idea of creating a Europe-based Russian-language television channel “to...

Putin Seeks to Influence Radical Parties in Bid to Destabilise Europe

This past November, Russia’s Berlin ambassador, Vladimir Grinin, invited two representatives of the surging new party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) for a meeting. According...

One base to rule them all – five facts you should know about Russia’s...

On January 6, @DajeyPetros spotted that the latest updated Google Earth satellite images revealed / included the base, many people knew about, but nobody could ever locate due...

BBC finds Russians fighting in eastern Ukraine

It is eight months since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and the fighting has claimed more than 4,000 lives. Russia has consistently...

Russia Investigates VKontakte User for Posting Ukraine-Related Content

Russian authorities are investigating a Yekaterinburg woman on charges of “inciting hatred and violence” for posting links to content about Ukrainian Euromaidan protests on...

EU mulls response to Russia’s information war

The Netherlands is funding a study on how the EU can fight back against Russia’s “information war”, in one of several counter-propaganda initiatives. The Dutch-sponsored...

Meet Russia’s 369 Kremlin-Registered Bloggers

The very first blog the Russian government ever added to its official “blogger registry” was a community on Vkontakte called “Typical Yekaterinburg.” That group,...

Try as He May, John McCain Can’t Shake Falsehoods About Ties to ISIS

Senator John McCain was one of the earliest advocates of American military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. So it has been vexing for...

Lithuania May Block Two More Russian TV Channels for Biased Coverage

Lithuania's media watchdog may halt broadcasting of two Russian television stations within the country for allegedly running biased content that incites hatred toward other nations, Delfi news...