Saturday, March 21, 2026

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.

Russia Uses a ‘Fact-Checker Network’ to Try to Legitimize Elections in Venezuela

By Maiquel Rosauro, for Lupa Read the Portuguese version of this feature. The first part of the report: The “truth war”: how Russia created its own ‘fact-checking’ network “In...

From Social Media to Weapon Factories: How Russia Traps African Women in War Production

By EUvsDisinfo What looks like a dream job abroad is, in reality, a conveyor belt into Moscow’s war machine. Influencers generally promote beauty products, holiday destinations,...

The “truth war”: how Russia built its own ‘fact-checking’ network

By Maiquel Rosauro, for Lupa Who controls the narrative controls power. Working from that logic, in November 2024 the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN)—an association that publicly...

Identity vacuum

We have become accustomed to the fact that Polish cities are filled with foreign voices. Walking around Warsaw's Mokotów district, Krakow's Planty Park, or...

A delayed-action bomb

Regardless of how this conflict ends – whether with a rotten compromise forced by geopolitics or a frozen front line – Ukraine faces a...

Kremlin Disinfo Surge Targets Moldova ahead of Elections

By EUvsDisinfo As Moldova prepares for its parliamentary elections on September 28, the country is facing an unprecedented wave of hybrid threats and FIMI. The Kremlin-backed propaganda...

The Kremlin Spews a Smokescreen of FIMI over Drones in Poland

By EUvsDisinfo As the Kremlin spews disinformation narratives attacking Ukraine and the European Union, Russia also conducts drone operations against Ukraine, with some drones crossing...

Europe of the shut doors

The enthusiastic declarations of 2022 about the “fast track” to integration collided with the brutal political reality of 2025. In European capitals, grand words...

The operation to erase the truth

It has been 86 years since the Soviets stabbed Poland in the back on September 17, 1939. For the vast majority of the population...

EU’s Telegram Dilemma: The Rise of Unchecked Influence

By Pavlo Burdiak, Oleksandr Monastyrskyi and Oleksiy Tretyakov-Grodzevych, for EUvsDisinfo Since its founding in 2013, Telegram has rapidly evolved from a niche messaging app into...