Saturday, February 21, 2026

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.

Nietzsche: Beyond The Age Of Post-Truth?

By EU vs Disinfo Beyond the Age of Post-Truth? Thus far, in our series we have presented five titans of thought in relation to disinformation. Now...

Disinformation And Repression In Belarus

By EU vs Disinfo It has been a year since Belarusians took to the streets to protest the results of a rigged presidential election. The...

The Kremlin Weaponising Victimhood

By EU vs Disinfo Several researchers note that the role of the victim is a coveted position in modern public discourse. Research points to this phenomenon in US...

Modus Trollerandi Part 2: Whataboutism

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of...

Kant, The Philosophy Of Autonomy, Truth And Peace

By EU vs Disinfo Kant: question more? It is fascinating that disinformation often flirts with the idea of critical thinking for oneself. The motto of the...

Modus Trollerandi Part 1: The Straw Man

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks Since 2015, EUvsDisinfo has detected, documented and debunked disinformation from pro-Kremlin media. All individual cases...

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...