Wednesday, September 17, 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.

Russian State Media Can’t Agree About Belarus Protest Numbers

By Polygraph TASSRussian state news agency“Almost 30 protest activities took place in Belarus on Sunday, the overall number of protesters did not exceed 22,000, Interior...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The Trump team welcomed Russian disinformation

Topics of the Week European Commission has assessed the Code of Practice on Disinformation, says current efforts to detect Covid-related disinformation are not sufficient.  Russia and...

Let’s Laugh At Political Murder!

By EU vs Disinfo “Hahaganda”- propaganda, disguised as humour, ridicule, is a powerful and efficient instrument for disinformation. The approach was frequently put into practice in the...

Navalny Poisoning: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Top German Social Media

By EU vs Disinfo Articles by RT Deutsch are the second most shared articles on German social media. If it was not for one German...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Spins Charlie Hebdo Case Into a Western Conspiracy

<iframe src="https://www.polygraph.info/embed/player/0/30840575.html?type=video" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="640" height="360" allowfullscreen></iframe> By Polygraph Ayatollah Seyyed Ali KhameneiIran’s supreme leader“The cardinal and unforgivable sin of a French magazine in insulting the...

Who Benefits From ”Cui Bono”?

By EU vs Disinfo Obscuring Facts through Questioning Information One of the Kremlin’s mouthpieces, the Strategic Culture Foundation, suggests in an article that any questions on the attack...

Question Less: RT Strike-Breakers Replace Belarusian Journalists On Strike

By EU vs Disinfo Journalists at the Belarusian State Channels started a strike 17 August. Alyaksandr Lukashenka reacted with almost immediately firing everybody and requesting...

Salisbury All Over Again

By EU vs Disinfo There are numerous parallels to draw, and the pro-Kremlin media has scrambled in an attempt to draw as many as possible. In a striking case of déja vu, pro-Kremlin media is seeking to muddy the waters surrounding the suspected poisoning of...

Belarus Says Oppo Leaders Fled; Evidence Suggests Forced Deportation

By Polygraph BeltaBelarusian state news agency“The members of the so-called coordination council, Anton Rodnenkov, Ivan Kravtsov and Maria Kolesnikova, tried to leave the territory of...

Disinformation Alignment

By EU vs Disinfo Protests in Belarus have been taking place for almost a month now. In the meantime, Belarusian and Russian state-controlled media have...