Wednesday, December 31, 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.

Kremlin Disinfo Surge Targets Moldova ahead of Elections

By EUvsDisinfo As Moldova prepares for its parliamentary elections on September 28, the country is facing an unprecedented wave of hybrid threats and FIMI. The Kremlin-backed propaganda...

The Kremlin Spews a Smokescreen of FIMI over Drones in Poland

By EUvsDisinfo As the Kremlin spews disinformation narratives attacking Ukraine and the European Union, Russia also conducts drone operations against Ukraine, with some drones crossing...

Europe of the shut doors

The enthusiastic declarations of 2022 about the “fast track” to integration collided with the brutal political reality of 2025. In European capitals, grand words...

The operation to erase the truth

It has been 86 years since the Soviets stabbed Poland in the back on September 17, 1939. For the vast majority of the population...

EU’s Telegram Dilemma: The Rise of Unchecked Influence

By Pavlo Burdiak, Oleksandr Monastyrskyi and Oleksiy Tretyakov-Grodzevych, for EUvsDisinfo Since its founding in 2013, Telegram has rapidly evolved from a niche messaging app into...

The Black Swan and information

The stalemate on the front lines, but also the incomprehensible actions of Western allies, foster belief in the possibility of resolving the conflict as...

How TikTok became the Kremlin’s mouthpiece

I admit it freely: I am still not a TikTok user. I belong to the boomer generation, for whom the world of 15-second videos,...

Putin’s Janissaries

Just before the full-scale invasion, a friend of mine made a decision that was supposed to protect her younger child, but almost led to...

Russia’s Northern Fleet Commander Says Stalin’s War against Finland in 1939-1940 has Important Lessons...

By Paul Goble, for Window on Eurasia Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon led a celebration in Longyearbyen of the centenary of the coming into force of...

Alaska and the Illusion of Strength

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s FIMI machine has a simple formula: loudly accuse others for the aggression and bad faith that it is actually responsible for. The upcoming Alaska...