Tuesday, July 8, 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.

Russian Aggression And Disinformation In Ukraine

By EU vs Disinfo A month has passed since Russia launched an all-out war against Ukraine. This was an act of unprovoked aggression against a...

The Harder You Push, The Harder They Resist

By EU vs Disinfo Today marks one month since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That is a second month of what was supposed to be...

Propaganda Kills: How Years of Russian Disinformation Have Led to Mass Civilian Deaths in...

By Vitalii Rybak, for UkraineWorld As Russian troops launched a new invasion of Ukraine, Russian propaganda has provided information support to invading troops that destroy...

If Russia Is Saving Europe From Fascists, Why Is Putin Acting Like One?

By William Echols, for Polygraph Yevgeny TomikhinRussian Ambassador to Thailand"Europeans still don't understand that Russia is saving them Nazism. It was done in 1945,...

A Game Of Cat And Mouse Between Censors And Citizens

By EU vs Disinfo Russian citizens are finding it increasingly difficult to access factual news. Not least because of the law “on responsibility for fakes...

A Fake Referendum About The Rule Of An Illegitimate President

By EU vs Disinfo Belarus recently held a referendum on constitutional changes. The result was, as expected, falsified and the turnout exaggerated. But the lack...

Why Does Putin Portray Himself As The Tamer Of Neo-Nazism?

By EU vs Disinfo It is a schoolyard defence most of us know. If someone calls you a name you reply, “It takes one to...

Disinformation At The Border Of War

By EU vs Disinfo On the morning of 24 February, people in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, were woken up by the sound of several...

Eight Years On, War In Ukraine Brings Back Painful Memories Of Crimea’s Invasion

By EU vs Disinfo Eight years ago on 18 March, Russia illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The scars of the annexation are still raw in...

Defectors, Defiance And Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo A journalist of Russia’s largest TV channel performed an anti-war protest during a live broadcast. Several journalists have publicly declared they...