Friday, July 4, 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.

Kremlin Watch Briefing: NATO is allegedly brain-dead. What does the Kremlin think?

Topics of the Week Russia takes advantage of the power vacuum in the Balkans to expand its economic and political influence. US Senate sheds light on...

Governments countering disinformation: the case of Italy

By Christina la Cour, for Disinfo Portal Fake news and disinformation are divisive topics in Italy. There is far from consensus on the size...

Erdoğan calls U.S. House of Representatives’ resolution on Armenian genocide ‘slander’

By Polygraph Recep Tayyip ErdoğanPresident, Turkey“We are saddened that a slander against our country is being accepted by a country’s parliament. We would consider...

Gazprom’s Double Standards

By EU vs Disinfo The Russian state-controlled energy company Gazprom wants to be known in Europe as a serious business partner capable of providing a...

Fake news grabs our attention, produces false memories and appeals to our emotions

By Rachel Anne Barr, for The Conversation “Fake news” is a relatively new term, yet it’s now seen as one of the greatest threats to...

Russian TV’s False Claims About Morales, Pompeo

By Polygraph Olga Skabeyeva, Yevgeny PopovRussian state TV hosts“We know perfectly well those who arranged all this, who sought the resignation of Morales –...

Who’s Afraid of the Brown Stink Bug?

By EU vs Disinfo Measles and swine flu epidemics, bioweapons, lethal experiments on people… – Georgian Lugar Lab has been subject of a massive disinformation...

China’s Mid-Election Information Campaign in Taiwan

By Ketty W. Chen, for Disinfo Portal In the midst of the struggle between authoritarian influence and democratic resilience, Taiwan stands at the forefront...

“Troubling”: High school students (like most people) are not good at evaluating misinformation

By Christine Schmidt, for Nieman Lab Sad non-surprise: Young people are not great — actually are kind of terrible — at evaluating digital sources on...

Hey Daily Mail: It’s ‘Ki-yeev,’ Not ‘KEEV’

By Polygraph The Daily Mail British Tabloid Twitter is stunned to discover during the impeachment hearing that Ukrainians prefer Kyiv is pronounced 'KEEV' and not 'Key-Ev'...