Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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.

Flattening the curve

By EU vs Disinfo Are Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Disenchanted with the Coronavirus? The COVID-19 outbreak is still the dominating topic in the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem, and...

Russia seasons escalating Trump-Iran tensions with disinfo

By Polygraph SputnikRussian government news agency"On the night of January 8, Iran launched a missile strike on the American military infrastructure in Iraq. The number...

Are there 19 coronaviruses? Correcting a Trump adviser

By Polygraph Kellyanne ConwayWhite House adviser“This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. You would think that people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Post-COVID world & Russia

NEW PUBLICATION Handbook on Cyber, Information, Intelligence and Personal Security Threats from Foreign Authoritarian Regimes, Domestic Oppression, and Harassment in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova This report follows a...

Disinformation targets Boris Johnson’s state of health

By EU vs Disinfo Journalistic investigation: RIA Novosti’s claims about the U.K. prime minister’s condition were the result of centralised coordination in Moscow. On 5 April,...

Pro-Kremlin classic and RT Arabic featuring Bill Gates

By EU vs Disinfo From playing the good old “no evidence“ card to spreading as many as 117 different Arabic language websites. This week, EUvsDisinfo added...

Evidence undercuts China’s denial of racism against Africans

By Polygraph Global TimesGlobal Times, Chinese state-run news outlet“’No discrimination’ against Africans amid pandemic.” Source: Global Times, April 14, 2020 False Africans cite accusations of...

COVID-19 positive in Kazakhstan? The city will seal your door from the outside

By Polygraph Aktau city akimatCity administration, Kazakhstan“The city administration’s office reported that no one welded the front door . They only welded a latch to...

Iran unveils fake coronavirus ‘detector’

By Polygraph Brigadier General Ramezan SharifOfficial Spokesman of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps“The device enables ‘momentary’ detection of the virus with 70- to 80-percent accuracy...

Pro-Kremlin media and the “Gates of hell”

By EU vs Disinfo The COVID-19-crisis displays new strands of disinformation, new types of conspiracy theories and new ”Bad Guys”. Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill...