Friday, July 11, 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.

Modus Trollerandi Part 3: Attack

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of...

Crises In Afghanistan And At The Lithuanian-Belarusian Border – Disinformation Targets This Week

By EU vs Disinfo As the international community reckons with the fall of Kabul and Afghanistan itself into the Taliban’s hands, the mood on air...

Protests In Cuba The Kremlin-Way: Neither Massive Nor Political, But A Colour Revolution

By EU vs Disinfo “Riots in Cuba: peaceful protests or unconventional warfare?” a headline asks on Sputnik. Image: screenshot from Sputnik. The massive protests broke out...

A Year Of Disinformation In Belarus: Infographic

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation is at the heart of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime. The illegitimate president of Belarus is clinging to power based on a lie that he...

Nietzsche: Beyond The Age Of Post-Truth?

By EU vs Disinfo Beyond the Age of Post-Truth? Thus far, in our series we have presented five titans of thought in relation to disinformation. Now...

Disinformation And Repression In Belarus

By EU vs Disinfo It has been a year since Belarusians took to the streets to protest the results of a rigged presidential election. The...

The Kremlin Weaponising Victimhood

By EU vs Disinfo Several researchers note that the role of the victim is a coveted position in modern public discourse. Research points to this phenomenon in US...

Modus Trollerandi Part 2: Whataboutism

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of...

Kant, The Philosophy Of Autonomy, Truth And Peace

By EU vs Disinfo Kant: question more? It is fascinating that disinformation often flirts with the idea of critical thinking for oneself. The motto of the...

Modus Trollerandi Part 1: The Straw Man

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks Since 2015, EUvsDisinfo has detected, documented and debunked disinformation from pro-Kremlin media. All individual cases...