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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: How is the pandemic being abused by authoritarian regimes?

Topic of the Week Authoritarian regimes abuse the pandemic in order to tighten their grip on their citizens and to spread their geopolitical influence while...

China’s official coronavirus timeline starts out weeks too late

By Polygraph The government of the People’s Republic of China“Late December 2019 ­­‑- The Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in central China's...

Repeating A Lie Does Not Make It True

By EU vs Disinfo One of the core elements of disinformation is persistence. Sticking to a few comfortable tropes makes lying easier. Lying repeatedly can...

Coronavirus disinformation: Moscow overplays its hand

By EU vs Disinfo Russian authorities face criticism from the side of the EU and the US as a result of disinformation in connection with...

Disinformers take advantage of COVID-19 crisis

By Delfi “Pharmaceutical industry denies the fact that vitamin C kills coronavirus”, “Lithuania has chosen natural selection – only the strongest will survive”, “NATO “helps”...

Kremlin propaganda demonizing NATO efforts

By Ernestas Taranas, for Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis Recently NATO has experienced a series of hits to its structural integrity and has proved to...

Update: Sputnik falsely says Boris Johnson on lung ventilation

By Polygraph Sputnik NewsRussian state-owned media outlet"Johnson will undergo artificial lung ventilation, a source close to the UK healthcare authorities told Sputnik later. “ Source:...

Bizarre in Belarus: Tractors, farms and other weird coronavirus ‘cures’

By Polygraph Alexander LukashenkaPresident of Belarus“People on tractors are working, nobody is talking about the virus. There the tractors will cure everybody. The field cures...

Misleading Mashup: Russia’s COVID-19 ‘Aid’ to U.S.

By Polygraph Dmitry Peskovthe Kremlin’s Press Secretary“’Against the background of the severe epidemiological situation in America, the Russian side offered assistance in the form of...

Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin reporting from Italy

By EU vs Disinfo Moscow’s help to Italy in connection with the coronavirus has been covered extensively, both in international and in Russian media. In Russia,...