Friday, March 29, 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.

Conspiratorial Virus

By EU vs Disinfo The pro-Kremlin media continues to target Poland, while the newly identified respiratory virus brings new opportunities for disinformation. As the news about...

Russian media spew U.S. coronavirus conspiracies for domestic audience

By Polygraph Igor NikulinRussian biochemistry and military expert“China is surrounded by American military labs, and there is a U.S. consulate in Wuhan, the staff...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Facebook’s real-time help during the Taiwan election

TOPICS OF THE WEEK Facebook’s real-time help during the Taiwan election Russia increases its disinformation operations in South America Kremlin's Current Narrative: Elections in Taiwan overshadowed by...

The anniversary of Mariupol rocket attack: who led it and what is known about...

By InformNapalm For the anniversary of the Mariupol rocket attack, volunteers of the InformNapalm international community used open sources to gather information about the Russian...

What rhymes with RIA?

By EU vs Disinfo The first weeks of a new year are usually slow and lazy in Russia. With seven public holidays in the first...

Iran’s state media distort Western news coverage of rare Khamenei sermon

By Michael Lipin, Mehdi Jedinia, for VoANews Iranian state media have given a distorted view of Western news coverage of a rare public sermon...

Sputnik: Revising history one infographic at a time

By EU vs Disinfo Every year on the 13th of January, Lithuania commemorates the events of 1991 when Soviet forces attempted to crush the country’s...

How ’fake news’ and disinformation were spread in the run-up to Taiwan’s presidential elections

By New Bloom, for Global Voices This post first appeared in the online magazine New Bloom on January 6, 2020, before the presidential election took...

Kremlin propagandist doubting the religion of denial

By EU vs Disinfo Iran’s admission to shooting down Ukrainian International Airlines’ flight 752 has created big problems for the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. This is...
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Admitting a lie: Why the Kremlin should give it a try

By EU vs Disinfo Russian state media were put in an awkward position when Tehran on Saturday admitted having downed Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752, allegedly...