Thursday, July 10, 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.

Behind The Smokescreen Of Kremlin Lies Lurk The Russian Military Deployments

By EU vs Disinfo Spread of pro-Kremlin disinformation tries to conceal the true breadth and intentions behind Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine. During the past couple...

The Church Against Vaccines: How the Russian Orthodox Church Opposes Vaccination in Ukraine

By Anastasiia Alieksiienko, for UkraineWorld As of 23 November, only 23% of Ukrainians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with around 6% having received one dose. In...

Greasing The Wheels With Disinformation: Migration And Nato In The Focus Of The Pro-Kremlin...

By EU vs Disinfo As the systematic and cynical instrumentalisation of migrants for political purposes by the Lukashenka regime continues, so do disinformation and information...

Moldova: Political Pressure In The Gas Pipeline

By EU vs Disinfo Moldova’s gas pipes were losing pressure while Russian political pressure, in the form of threats to cut off gas deliveries, was...

Chat Groups Against Vaccines: Ukrainian Anti-Vaxers Coordinate Activities in Viber Groups

By Vitalii Rybak, for UkraineAlert The anti-vaccination movement in Ukraine uses a non-transparent messenger for coordination. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 3 million COVID-19...

Propaganda 101: How Belarusian State-Controlled Tv Exploits The Migration Situation At The Eu Borders

By EU vs Disinfo Months-long attempts by Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime to instrumentalise migration for political purposes recently reached a new alarming dimension. The Belarusian authorities escorted...

Who’s To Blame?

By EU vs Disinfo The Belarusian state propaganda machine launches attacks in support of the regime’s cynical instrumentalisation of migrants. In recent weeks, the tensions between...

Treason, Extremism And Beatings: How Independent Media Risks Everything In Belarus

By EUvsDisinfo The Lukashenka regime’s goal is painfully clear: there can be no independent media. EUvsDisinfo has been regularly monitoring how the illegitimate Lukashenka regime abuses...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Putin urges G20 to recognize Russian vaccine

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK Russia's energy coercion of MoldovaPutin urges G20 to recognize Russian vaccineBiden claims Russia didn’t show up on climate commitmentsBiden to Russia:...

Deadly Deceptive Disinformation

By EUvsDisinfo For more than 20 months, since late January 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak has been among the dominant topics in the pro-Kremlin flow of...