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.

The World Of Hate: How The Pro-Kremlin Media Continue To Justify The Forced Diversion...

By EU vs Disinfo This week saw the continuation of pro-Kremlin disinformation efforts to justify the forced diversion and landing of a Ryanair flight in...

Part 1: Threat Report Facebook. Looking Back

By EU vs Disinfo Facebook’s report, published last Wednesday, shows how foreign and domestic covert influence operators from 2017 sophisticated their tactics reacting to efforts by...

Nearly 40% of Americans already believe Covid-19 leaked from a lab. What happens if...

By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab Plus: “Media news consumption is by far the strongest independent predictor of QAnon beliefs.” The growing stream of reporting on...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The West should respond to Lukashenko, the Hijacker

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK The West should respond adequatly to Lukashenko's hijacking operation. The US waives sanctions on key players in Nord Stream 2 construction, while...

Lies, Damned Lies And Lukashenka’s Lies

By EU vs Disinfo The illegitimate president of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, is clinging to power, based on a lie that he won the presidential election in August...

Deny, Deceive, Defame And Deflect

By EU vs Disinfo The pro-Kremlin ecosystem has established its talking points on Lukashenka’s act of, in the words of the CEO of Ryanair, “state-sponsored...

France suspects Russia could be behind campaign to tar Pfizer vaccines

By UNIAN French counterintelligence is investigating whether Russia masterminded an attempt to pay high-profile health and science bloggers to sow public doubts about the safety...

Not just for fun. How memes spread disinformation on Covid-19?

By InformNapalm It takes a short scroll through a news feed on any social media platform to stumble upon a meme. Images from well-known movies...

Everybody Does It!

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin media have mobilised a common – and flawed – instrument. In literature on Ethics, it’s referred to as the “Golden...

A Helping Hand: Pro-Kremlin Media Defend China’s Human Rights Record In Xinjiang

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin outlets reproduce and amplify Beijing’s narratives denying human rights violations against the Uyghur population. “Cherished dreams can only come true through...