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.

Attacking The West, Putting Russians In Danger

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin disinformation on the coronavirus and the vaccines aims at sowing distrust in international organisations, Western institutions and the health...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Bulgaria breaks up Russian spy ring

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK Bulgaria breaks up Russian spy ring. Russia warns Bosnia and Herzegovina against seeking NATO membership. Tensions between Biden and Putin continue to rise. U.S....

Dizzy By Vaccine Disinfo – Capturing Vaccines Rollout In The EU’s Neighbourhood And Russia

By EU vs Disinfo This article looks at the evolving information environment around the COVID-19 and vaccines roll-out in the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia...

How To (Not) Become A Target Of Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Looking at disinformation examples from pro-Kremlin media this week, a clear hierarchy becomes visible: amongst the targets are many organisations, countries,...

Russian Woman Causes Panic Among Nationalists

By EU vs Disinfo “The Decaying West” is one of the key narratives in pro-Kremlin disinformation. Europe is on the verge of collapse from migrants, perverts and liberals, and Russia is...

New Wave Of Disinformation On Sanctions

By EU vs Disinfo On March 2nd European Council imposed restrictive measures on four Russian individuals. They were held responsible for serious human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and...

Malaysia’s ‘fake news’ ordinance takes effect amid continuing concern over the COVID-19 state of...

By Mong Palatino, for Global Voices Malaysia’s Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021, a measure that criminalizes the publication of “fake news” pertaining to COVID-19 took...

Who Really Led U.S.-Russia Relations to a Dead End?

By Polygraph Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs“The current situation is a consequence of Washington’s purposeful policy, which over the past several years, in fact, has...

Big Names Resurrect Dubious Chem Weapons Conspiracy

By Polygraph Courage FoundationActivist organization“It is now well established that some senior inspectors involved with the investigation, one of whom played a central role, reject...

Twitter could be fully blocked in Russia within the next month

By Tanya Lokot, for Global Voices The microblogging service Twitter could be fully blocked in Russia within the next month, according to Russian state media...