Thursday, April 18, 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.

Local elections in Moldova: new votes, old disinformation narratives

By EUvsDisinfo On 5 November, Moldova held the first round of local elections during a tumultuous period. Disinformation sources focused on discrediting pro-European authorities and...

Tales from the freezer

By EU vs Disinfo While the Kremlin cryptkeeper was rumoured to have been put in the deep freeze and Daghestani mobs attempted a pogrom-like attack,...

The Kremlin’s travelling roadshow

By EUvsDisinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation praises Russia’s real or imaginary friends, attempts to placate people at home, distracts from Russia’s quagmire in Ukraine, blames the West...

Fear, Hate and Ignorance: pro-Kremlin Disinformation Targets the LGBTIQ+ Community

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin has many labels for its real and invented enemies. Some, they call Nazis. Others, they refer to as shadowy ‘global elites’....

Shrug of an Answer

By EU vs Disinfo Attacks against the EU’s critical infrastructure saw the pro-Kremlin creative juices flowing, and remorseless propagandists leave no human tragedies in peace. Last...

The sound and the fury of the Kremlin’s deception

By EUvsDisinfo On the morning of Saturday 7 October, Hamas, an Islamist group in Palestine designated a terrorist organisation by the EU, the US, and several other...

Selling Distortions and Fabrications Instead of a Sunset

By EUvsDisinfo Pro-Kremlin information manipulators push distorted versions of reality and attempt to capitalise on momentum with fabrications. In this week’s Disinfo Review, we take yet...

Russian information manipulation efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

By EUvsDisinfo In an era of growing technological progress and internet penetration across sub-Saharan Africa, Russia has seized the chance to flood the African information...

Shaping and manipulating the information space

By EUvsDisinfo In military jargon, officers sometimes talk about ‘shaping the battlefield’, referring to measures that set the conditions for operations. Sometimes these actions are...

The Kremlin’s disinformation love song to North Korea

Bу EUvsDisinfo According to the Kremlin’s disinformation mouthpieces, the big show in town this week, quite literally, was the visit of North Korean Supreme Leader...