Tuesday, May 7, 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 media on Greta Thunberg: “An illiterate, fanatic Messiah”

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets have intensified a campaign on the climate issue, suggesting “alternative versions” and conspiracies around, and has lately also...

New sanctions against ‘Putin’s Chef’ prompt latest Russian election meddling denial

By Polygraph Sputnik News Russian state funded radio broadcaster “Russia has been repeatedly accused of meddling in the US elections by Western powers. However, subsequent probes failed...

Why is the pro-Kremlin media afraid of Greta?

By EU vs Disinfo “A sick girl who is as stupid as she is naïve” and “the prophet of a new totalitarian wave”: This is...

Governments countering disinformation: the case of Germany

By Christina la Cour, for Disinfo Portal Germany was among the first countries to introduce a law against fake news. But the controversial Network Enforcement...

Wriggling out of accountability: Misinformation, evasion, and the informational problem of live TV interviews

By Michael J. Socolow, for The Conversation The great interrogations of TV news history didn’t happen live. “There’s one option that could be considered by...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: What are the top 6 Russian narratives about Europe?

Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group has created an infographic covering top 6 Russian narratives on Europe based on “Image of European Countries on Russian TV” joint...

Russian energy narrative targets Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States

By Margarita Assenova, for Polygraph Vladimir Kornilov Russian political commentator “Poland, the Baltic States and, for some time now, Ukraine, without even realizing that they are acting...

This is not the Wagner Group

By EU vs Disinfo It is Sunday night on Russian state TV Rossiya 1. The propaganda host Dmitry Kiselyov presents a report from the Central African Republic (CAR): “We simply...

Figure of the week: 1.3 billion

By EU vs Disinfo The Russian federal budget draft for 2020 is in and it shows that state-owned media will receive 1.3 billion euros next...

Sputnik and RT manipulation in Arabic: Al Rukban as a “Nazi Camp”

By EU vs Disinfo Up to 6.2 million Syrians have fled their homes inside Syria since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, and 5.6 million have been...