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.

One plane and a lot of noise. Pro-Kremlin disinformation about forced landing in Minsk

By Debunkeu.org On May 23, the Belarusian authorities forced the landing of a Ryanair passenger plane with a pro-democratic Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich, using...

Hushing Up Is Also Lying

By EU vs Disinfo Sometimes, what is not lied about is revealing. Seven years ago last week, a Russian military unit shut down Malaysian Airlines MH17, killing...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russian intelligence services undermine confidence in Western vaccines

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK Russian intelligence services keep undermining confidence in Western vaccines. Ukraine accused Russia of hacking the portal of the Ukrainian Navy. In response to...

Wisdom, Truth, And Falsehoods: Are We In Plato’s Cave?

By EU vs Disinfo Series on Disinformation and Philosophy Where is disinformation? This probably feels like a somewhat strange question. Of course, we could point at the...

“Hang Them From The Lamp Posts”

By EU vs Disinfo The “One Nation Myth” and Kremlin Imperial Revanchism on Ukraine Pyotr Tolstoy, Deputy Speaker of Russia’s Parliament and head of the Russian...

MH17: Timeline Of Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Narratives

By EU vs Disinfo This week marks the seventh year anniversary of a tragic event. On July 17 2014, flight MH17, carrying 298 people, was...

Hot Air On Sea Breeze

By EU vs Disinfo Summer steam While summer is upon us, accompanied by scorching heatwaves in several parts of the globe, including in Russia, pro-Kremlin outlets continue...

MH17: Seven Years Of Lying And Denying

By EU vs Disinfo For seven years, the Russian authorities have attempted to hide their connections to the murder of 298 civilians aboard Flight MH17...

Fake: Majority of Ukrainians are against the Army and Zelensky’s Donbas War

The results of a recent poll show that more than 70% of Ukrainians consider there is a war between Ukraine and Russia and only...

Europe Needs Graduate Programs on Information War, Rebane Says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Given the impact of Russia’s information wars against countries like Estonia and Belarus, Raul Rebane says, it is most...