Wednesday, July 9, 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.

‘Tis That Time Of Year Again

By EU vs Disinfo Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Christmas candy, cheesy Christmas movies on TV we have seen umpteen times already. We sing Christmas hymns...

It Is All In The Headline: The Subtle Art Of Information Manipulation

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin media are drumming up support for the Sputnik V vaccine by creating the perception that the European Medicines Agency (EMA)...

Sputnik V aimed at the world

Russian media keep disinforming with the content concerning the subject of the vaccines against the Covid-19, according to the head of the EU diplomacy...

Edward Lukas: Secret weapons

By Edward Lukas, for CEPA Russia and China’s nukes are for show. Worry about their other weapons. Russia showed off its nuclear triad last week, launching...

Make Authoritarianism Cool Again

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin’s Kowboys Komplaining Outlets, offering content in English and hiding their connections to Moscow, are an important segment of the pro-Kremlin...

Twitter uncompromisingly against anti-vaccine hysteria

The social media giant announces that it wants to decidedly fight against disinformation considering vaccines against the coronavirus. It is going to be achieved...

From Information Laundering To Influence: Russia’s Footprints In Germany

By EU vs Disinfo Fresh research by NATO’s Stratcom Centre of Excellence in Riga confirms that information laundering is conducted in Germany by the Kremlin and pro-Kremlin...

Darwin, Dawkins And Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo Biology is an interesting avenue to make sense of disinformation, as deception is an important element of life. For their survival,...

Over 6 mln PLN for detecting fake news

Polish National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) granted 6.6 mln PLN to spin-off company of the University of Warsaw for realisation of a...

“No, We Are The Victim!!!”

By EU vs Disinfo The examples of disinformation from this week offer a 360 degree overview of topics connected to Russia and the USSR. Where...