Thursday, July 3, 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.

Index of Russian propaganda efficiency

Between February 14 and February 24, 2015 Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted the nation-wide public opinion poll. The survey was conducted in...

U.S. losing “information war” to Russia, other rivals – study

(Reuters) - The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for...

How Russia Today is using YouTube

  When Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube in an office over a California pizza shop in 2005, they described it as...

Volunteers Start Service TrolleyBust

TrolleyBust– a beta version of services to block anti-Ukrainian propaganda – has been launched in Ukraine. TrolleyBust’s founders wrote on the service’s homepage that this...

Russian State TV Anchor: ‘Propaganda Is Journalism’

Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to...

EU Launches First Step in Spreading Word Against Russian ‘Disinformation’

The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit...

Russian Imperialism’s Internet Triumph

With nearly 5 million views in less than two weeks, the YouTube video I’m a Russian Occupant is a bonafide sensation. Just under three...

Ketchum calls it quits on Russia work

Ketchum has ended the bulk of its work for the Russian Federation in the US and Europe amid continuing tensions between the country and...

Inside Putin’s on-air machine

The global news network RT is the Russian government's main weapon in an intensifying information war with the West—and its top editor has a...

London publishes photos of Russian Pantsir-S1 systems in Ukraine

The UK Foreign Office has published photos of the latest Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, which have been sighted in Ukraine, BBC Ukraine reported. The...