Sunday, December 21, 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.

The nationalist paradox

Observing the evolution of public debate in Poland and Western Europe over the past two years, it is impossible to escape the impression that...

The (non)heroes of the SVO

Around 150,000 Russians have already returned from the war against Ukraine. The state offers them extensive social guarantees, from cash payments to preferential mortgages....

A knife in the back

The summit in Alaska and the resulting reevaluation of US foreign policy have shaken the stability of European opinion. While the eyes of the...

Strain Beneath the Surface: Russia’s Economic Pressures Amid a Continuing Conflict

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin’s planners prepared well for their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, building up currency reserves and later boosting growth through military spending. But...

The American Face of Russian Propaganda

It is difficult to imagine any propaganda event in Russia without Tara Reade, who solemnly tells Russians how bad life is in the United...

Medvedev as a “nuclear weapon” of Russian propaganda

Here is the English version with the hyperlinks inserted in the correct places, corresponding to the original source text: In September, former Russian President Dmitry...

The Engineering of Desensitization

Joseph Stalin, whose spirit the Kremlin is reviving today with eerie precision, is said to have remarked, “The death of one person is a...

Cryptocurrencies, a pro-Kremlin oligarch, and Moldovan elections

How is A7, a company owned by Moldovan oligarch Ilan Șor, helping the Kremlin regime circumvent sanctions, and how does this relate to the...

Russian cultural tele-energy therapy for the West

More than three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and more than eleven years into the war that Putin's Russia has waged not...

For the Kremlin, Elections Are Golden Opportunities for interference

By EUvsDisinfo On 4 and 5 October, Czech voters went to the polls to elect a new parliament. And the Kremlin once again saw an...