Thursday, July 10, 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.

Invoking Racism, Russian State TV Slights New U.S. Defense Chief

By Polygraph Olga SkabeyevaRussian state TV news presenter“Oppressors have changed places… Racism in reverse. Now Blacks will teach whites a lesson.”Source: Rossiya 1, Jan. 21,...

Defending Trump, Top Russian Lawmaker Gets Free Speech All Wrong

By Polygraph Vyacheslav VolodinRussian State Duma Chairman"Colleagues, think again about what happened. The current president, for whom almost 75 million Americans voted, and his supporters,...

”Do Not Save Bullets – The Recipe For Saving Russia”

By EU vs Disinfo The Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Ecosystem Mobilising against the Protests The pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem is desperately trying to formulate a position on the countrywide...

“Carthage Must Be Destroyed”

By EU vs Disinfo Geopolitica Italy – A Case Study on the Kremlin Attack on Democracy For more than a decade pro-Kremlin propaganda outlets have sought...

Telling Half-Truths Is Also Lying

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin Media Campaigning against the Pfizer Vaccine Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets are mastering the art of almost not lying. Several outlets in the disinformation...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Navalny arrest sours relations with Europe as protests in Russia loom

Topics of the Week Nord Stream II edges towards the finish line as Gazprom's monopoly is potentially threatened in the Balkans. Investigation of the SolarWinds hack...

Big Lies, Little Lies, And Vaccine Vilifications

By EU vs Disinfo Recently, the acclaimed historian Timothy Snyder reflected on the storming of the Capitol and the power of lies. He called into memory the...

Waiting For The Advent Of The Fifth Stalin

By EU vs Disinfo Nationalist Writer Launches Messianic Orthodox Christian Stalinist Religion “Russian superiority” is a special strand of disinformation. There is nothing wrong with pride...

Iranian State TV Denies Al-Qaida Ties, But There Is History

By Polygraph Press TVIranian state TV channel“Pompeo’s allegations come although all the US’ previous such accusations, including those made by former president George W. Bush’s...

The Kremlin’s New Favourite Straw Man

By EU vs Disinfo The rhetorical means of straw men is the Kremlin’s go-to trick in any polemical debate. A straw man is the method of attacking...