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.

Moscow is getting ready for a hybrid war with Lithuania. Is the Polish minority...

Another series of Russian provocations involving the Baltic states, related to the Ukraine war, makes so called hybrid war scenario more and more realistic...

Kremlin international radio service Sputnik launches Polish editiion

The Kremlin's international radio service, Sputnik, is launching a Polish website that it says will offer "diverse perspective on international news." The launch, at a...

Ex-porn star Sasha Grey gets dragged into a propaganda war between Ukraine and Russia

Former American porn star Sasha Grey ditched her acting career and worked as a nurse for pro-Russian rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine until she...

Bellingcat Report – Origin of Artillery Attacks on Ukrainian Military Positions in Eastern Ukraine...

Summary Ukrainian armed forces positioned near the Russian-Ukrainian border were attacked by artillery fire in the summer of 2014. Between 9 July and 5 September...

Russian Sputnik looks for journalists in Estonia

  The Sputnik News Channel, designed to spread Russian propaganda, has begun to look for journalists who could work in the portal and radio station...

CNN’s Carol Costello apologizes for providing Moscow with invaluable propaganda

Western observers of the increasingly deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine between the separatist forces armed and supported by Russian troops and soldiers loyal to...

Russian Watchdog Accuses Twitter of Breaking Laws on Extremism

The head of Russia's media watchdog has accused Twitter of a persistently failing to comply with Russian laws, after the micro blog said Moscow had submitted the world's second-largest number...

Can the Guy Who Brought You “Friends” Win the Propaganda War Against ISIS and...

What former NBC head Andy Lack needs to do in his new job at the Broadcasting Board of Governors. On January 21, Andrew Lack, the...

Johnson’s Russia List Spreads Invented Story About Germany Preparing Sanctions Against Kiev

Johnson’s Russia List, or JRL, run by David Johnson, is a widely-read and influential email newsletter and website, also referred to as a listserv, which...

Russia might start blocking Internet anonymizers like Tor

Leonid Levin, the head of the Duma’s committee on public communications policy, wants to grant police the extrajudicial power to block access to Internet...