Friday, April 19, 2024

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.

Decoding FIMI targeting LGBTIQ+ people

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld a claim by the Ministry of Justice, branding the “international LGBT public movement” “extremist,” and banning its activities...

Crocodile tears, deflection, and projection

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin’s disinformation pundits seek the spotlight to recycle old narratives about the West threatening global security and stability in a...

Elections in Poland through the prism of Lukashenka regime’s propaganda

By EUvsDisinfo Lately, state propaganda apparatus in Belarus has been making more active efforts to reach Polish audiences. “As of now, everything that is happening...

The deep winter freeze that wasn’t

By EU vs Disinfo Kremlin narratives and hard realities rarely meet. In one of many examples, pro-Kremlin and Russian state-controlled disinformation outlets have ceaselessly declared...

Prepare for winter

By EU vs Disinfo Winter has come to Ukraine. As Russia’s full-scale war enters the third cold period since February 2022, last weekend saw perhaps...

Hacking the Infocomms Department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Katyusha and the secrets...

By InformNapalm Ukrainian hacktivists of the Cyber Resistance group penetrated the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense (DIMC) and handed over...

Putin’s Pawns

By EU vs Disinfo Individuals and their fates do not interest the Kremlin, which just exploits them as disposable pawns in the Kremlin’s losing game. Last...

Weaponising weapons deliveries

By EU vs Disinfo Most forms of kinetic warfare require weapons to sustain it. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is no exception. Consequently, after Russia’s...

Something dark hiding behind the ads

By EU vs Disinfo The EEAS has uncovered a coordinated anti-Western campaign on Facebook that leans on sophisticated techniques to hide its creators tracks. Advertising is...

Spraying hate and slinging lies

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation blurs the line between the digital realm and physical space, amplifying online images of graffiti to fuel offline anti-Semitism...