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: Norway accused Russia of hitting parliament by the cyber-attack

Topics of the Week Russia accused of cyber-attacks on the Norwegian's parliament and the Japan Olympics. Facebook greatest source of Covid-19 disinformation, according to journalists. Kremlin's Current...

Repeating A Lie Does Not Make It True

By EU vs Disinfo Regurgitation as Editorial Policy The concept of ”false flag” is deployed as a popular method in pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. South Front, managed...

“Unfeminine Behaviour On Women’s March”

By EU vs Disinfo Belarusian Police Spokesperson Suggests Women Focus on Families The Belarusian police force has earned a reputation for brutality, as peaceful demonstrators are...

Six Real Sandworms And Fake Monkey Vaccines

By EU vs Disinfo First, some big news. On Monday the US Justice Department indicted six GRU officers working for Unit 74455. According to the Justice Department, the...

From English Into Russian Into Czech: Re-Translation As A Manipulative Tool

By EU vs Disinfo Russian state media have a credibility problem, and they know it. According to a 2019 survey by the independent pollster, Levada Center, about 50...

Facebook, COVID and Holocaust. The social media giant cannot handle the disinformation

International research conducted by the International Center for Journalists and Tow Center for Digital Journalism point out that Facebook is the biggest Internet disinformation...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: EU sanctions Russia over Navalny and Alexander Lukashenko over the contested...

Topics of the Week EU agreed to sanction Russia over the poisoning of Navalny and Lukashenko over the contested election. The Department of Homeland Security's first-ever...

‘Film Your Hospital’ – the anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

By Wasim Ahmed, for The Conversation It’s widely believed that social media conspiracy theories are driven by malicious and anonymous “bots” set up by shadowy...

Trending: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation In Photos Last Week

By EU vs Disinfo For your reading, we have selected several images to illustrate what pro-Kremlin disinformation has been up to this week. Happy browsing...

MH17, What Happened Since March?

By EU vs Disinfo On March 9th the hearings of the MH17 process started. What happened since then on the disinformation front? There are some regular...