Monday, July 7, 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.

No, Russia’s airstrike escalation is not retaliation for the Crimean Bridge

By Razom Advocacy Team, for UkraineAlert Russia fired more than 80 missiles and launched at least 24 kamikaze drones at civilian targets across Ukraine on...

No Way Back

By EU vs Disinfo Putin’s illegal annexations announcement speech took us on a mind-bending ride into an alternative reality and his followers off the cliff...

Nord Stream 1 & 2 Sabotage – Disinformation A La MH-17?

By EUvsDisinfo The gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea which together make up Nord Stream 1 and 2 have recently suffered sabotage. Deliberate explosions discovered on 26...

What’s wrong with Elon Musk’s tweet on Ukraine

By Alya Shandra, for Euromaidan Press Elon Musk thinks he found an easy solution to Russia’s war against Ukraine: for Ukraine to, essentially, surrender. Here...

The Dangerous Case Of Nuclear Corners

By EU vs Disinfo The past ten days have been very busy for Russian disinformation outlets and their amplifiers throughout the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem. On...

Burning Bridges, Breaking Contracts

By EU vs Disinfo Following Putin’s toxic and disinformation-laden speech last week, the main topics that have been reverberating through the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem are ‘partial mobilisation’...

Back To The USSR? Russian TV On Referendums And Mobilisation

By EU vs Disinfo Watching Russian state TV is increasingly like entering a parallel world. The more tense the topics become – the referendums, military...

Pro-Kremlin Wikipedia alternative off to a rough start

By Eto Buziashvili and Andy Carvin, for @DFRLAb Member-only pages, restrictive content policies, and a lack of transparency: Runiversalis is a wiki in name only Runiversalis (руни.рф),...

Mad Rush For Illegitimate Hold On Occupied Territories

By EU vs Disinfo Last week, our Disinformation Review covered the mad scramble of pro-Kremlin disinformation pundits to hide the scope and success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive...

Putin Scaremongering – A Quick Guide

By EU vs Disinfo Over the years, we have become accustomed to floods of Russian disinformation and manipulation. Since the Maidan in 2013, the illegal...