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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Putin’s Chef placed on FBI’s ten most wanted list

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK Social media platforms central as EU-Russia standoff continues. New UK intelligence report offers insights into AI and disinformation. The FBI adds Yevgeniy Prigozhin...

“My Loved-One Thinks Bill Gates Will Microchip Humanity”. Now What?

By EU vs Disinfo A short guide to communicating with someone who believes in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. “Vaccines are very important and not scary at all....

Making Mountains Without Molehills

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation is a fancy word for lying. Lying has an emotional element to it; disinformation lacks moral connotations; the concept is...

Kremlin Humour Is No Laughing Matter

TV Show Taken off Air after Skit on Kremlin Propagandists By EU vs Disinfo ”Hahaganda” – propaganda through humour, sarcasm and ridicule – is one of...

Russian UN Official Calls Ukraine Aggression a ‘Fairy Tale,’ But It’s Non-Fiction

By Polygraph Dmitry PolyanskiyFirst Deputy, Russia’s U.N. mission"e should thank our Ukrainian colleagues, who have been saddling and mercilessly exploiting the role of victim of...

Who Is Afraid Of Russophobia?

By EU vs Disinfo Life is tough when the whole world is pitted against you, or when you think that it is. This week, the...

Polish-Lithuanian Relations In The Tentacles Of Pro-Kremlin Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo “Poland is superior to Lithuania because of its long-lasting statehood and culture. Lithuania is superior to Poland thanks to its ties...

15% Of Crimea News In Russian Media Made Of Propaganda – Imi Research

By Institute of Mass Information 15% of news about Crimea in Russian mass media turned out to be anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western propaganda. These are the...

Russia and Syria: More Falsehoods About ‘False Flag’ Attacks

By Polygraph SANASyrian state news agency“... the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists carried out 35 attacks in the de-escalation zone in Idlib...

Acute Shortage Of Real Russian Men

By EU vs Disinfo One particular strand of disinformation is the claim that Western society has deserted traditional values. Feminists and gay people rule. Men are no longer...