Sunday, May 19, 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.

Kiwi journalist caught up in misinformation campaign puppeteered by Russian trolls

By Brittney Deguara, for Stuff A Kiwi freelance journalist was unknowingly caught up in a Russian misinformation campaign disguised as a global news organization. Laura Walters, a former Stuff reporter...

The spirit of „Solidarity” – Polish PM’s article in Ukrainian media

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki published a special article in foreign media for the 40th anniversary of the “Solidarity”. In Ukraine, it was published...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: French military officer detained over espionage for Russia

Topics of the Week The expulsions and arrests over Russian espionage in Europe are not over yet, this time in France. Disinformation campaigns in the US...

Microsoft’s New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test

By Vanessa Bates Ramirez, for Singularity Hub The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly. Covid-19 will likely...

Figure Of The Week: 6 Billion

By EU vs Disinfo To discredit the ongoing protests in Belarus, both pro-Kremlin and Belarusian state-controlled media rely on an increasingly converging set of disinformation...

Freedom as an Imperialist Scheme

By EU vs Disinfo Five days after the election in Belarus, an op-ed in Kremlin-owned RT described the protests as “Scripted by the imperialists”. The...

C’mon, Let’s Ignore!

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation Outlets Attempt to Disregard Belarus The English-language segment of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets is surprisingly indifferent towards the ongoing events in Belarus....

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Norwegian citizen arrested for alleged espionage for Russia

Topics of the Week Citizen of Norway has been arrested under the suspicion that he was conducting espionage for the Russian Federation. Former US special...

Russia Will Investigate Navalny’s Poisoning… As a Foreign Attempt to Destabilize the Country

By Polygraph Dmitry PeskovKremlin press secretaryWe do not understand why our German colleagues are in such a hurry to use the word 'poisoning' and so...

Belarusian Defense Minister Misleadingly Associates National Flag with Nazi Collaborators

By EU vs Disinfo Viktor KhreninBelarusian Minister of Defense“We cannot calmly watch how, under the flags under which the fascists organized the massacres of Belarusians,...