Friday, May 2, 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.

Pro-Russian Videos Get Fake Views With Help From Malware

Some pro-Russian videos appear to have gone viral, and not in a good sense. Motherboard reports that a group of unknown hackers has been...

Russia to slap crippling fines on media for ‘propaganda of extremism’

Vladimir Putin has signed a law increasing fines on the media for what the authorities choose to view as ‘propaganda of extremism’.  In Russian-occupied...

RT America Boss Out on Supervised Release Following Tax Fraud Conviction

The former boss of the Kremlin’s Washington-based media empire has been sentenced to a year of supervised release for his 2013 tax fraud conviction,...

America’s Adversaries Use Baltimore Unrest to Spread Anti-US Message

Across the world, this week’s unrest in Baltimore after the death of a young African American following being taken into police custody is being...

Russia Spreads Yet Another Fabrications About American Military Experts in Ukraine

In mid-April a group of pro-Russian hackers distributed an article about the arrival of US military experts who were allegedly to take part in...

The Pro-Kremlin Youth Group: Putin’s Propaganda Machine (Part 1)

Despite sanctions, a plummeting economy, and isolation from the world as a result of its actions in Ukraine, a wave of patriotic fervor is...

Sputnik Launches Danish Language Website

The new website will feature a wide range of perspectives on key international events. Sputnik multimedia news agency announces the launch of a news portal in Danish...

Sputnik Launches Norwegian Language Website

The Sputnik multimedia news agency has announced the launch of its Norwegian language web site. The new media resource, no.sputniknews.com, offers diverse perspectives on major international...

EU hiring ‘myth-busters’ on Russian propaganda

The EU foreign service is recruiting a handful of new experts to help counter Russia’s anti-Western propaganda. The job description, sent out on 20...

Kremlin cash flows towards pro-Putin MEP

The so-called Latvian Human Rights Committee, connected to pro-Russian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka, received about €95,000 from the Fund for the Legal Protection and Support...