Tuesday, July 8, 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: How Russian state channels interpret the US elections?

Topics of the Week UK politicians sue the government over its reluctance to probe allegations that the Kremlin attempted to interfere with the Scottish and...

The Kremlin’s influence and governance model is falling apart

By InformNapalm Article prepared by InformNapalm Lithuanian editorial office. On 11 October 2020, Lithuanian voters rejected politicians widely perceived as the most sympathetic to Russian malign interests. The outright...

The Evil Latin Letters

By EU vs Disinfo Russian General Beating R into Я One key theme in pro-Kremlin disinformation is to describe Russia as a besieged fortress. The country is surrounded...

”Neither Free, Nor Fair” – Russian State Media Cries Foul On Us Elections

By EU vs Disinfo Russian state media’s first comments on the outcome of the US Presidential election express deep disappointment. The head of the state...

The Perils Of Elections According To The Pro-Kremlin Media

By EU vs Disinfo As America and many of her allies around the world are anticipating the results of Presidential election 2020, Russian state-controlled media...

Disinformation Review: Elections Everywhere

By EU vs Disinfo With multiple elections coming up, the pro-Kremlin media is definitely not at ease. Let us start with Moldova. According to pro-Kremlin media,...

Errare Humanum Est

By EU vs Disinfo Mistakes as a Means of Disinformation Lies are more fun than the boring truth and images from the battlefields of video games...

Why Borat isn’t funny

By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Baron Cohen's film is a lot less funny if you are from a country that most outsiders cannot find on...

Atomic disinformation. How Russians manipulate the facts about the Poland-US agreement

On 19th of October the Polish-US agreement about the development of Polish nuclear programme was finally signed. As it turns out, it has already...

COVID like HIV – strategic Russian work

False flag operations are a considerable part of disinformation. As it turns out, there are also such activities during the coronavirus pandemic. American “Bulletin of...