Tuesday, November 25, 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.

Hirak protests and a presidential election triggered a surge of disinformation in Algeria

By Farah Souames, for Global Voices Algeria’s popular protest movement, ‘’Hirak’’ , brought a glimpse of online freedom, but also an aggressive wave of ‘’fake...

Ten myths get in the way of understanding Soviet-era dissidents, Davydov says

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia In a detailed and heavily footnoted 19,000 word article for the Liberal Mission Foundation, Viktor Davydov, himself a...

RT chief accuses Fox News, NBC and Bloomberg of ignoring Iran protests over Soleimani

By Polygraph Margarita SimonyanChief Editor of RT (Russia Today) and Rossiya Segodnya“This is how it is today in Iran. The picture of our agency Ruptly....

Russian lawmaker: ‘Trump did not understand the significance of Soleimani’

By Fatima Tlis, for Polygraph Elena PaninaRussian lawmaker"In this situation, we cannot exclude that the American military and intelligence agencies took advantage of the...

Sputnik mistakes Russian-made missile for American, mocks its effectiveness

By Polygraph SputnikRussian state-owned media outlet“A video of a US TOW anti-tank missile being fired at a Syrian armed forces T-62 tank has emerged...

Disinformation in 2019: Ten Embarrassing Moments

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation is a serious global threat to democracy. However, disinformation is not always the result of a powerful actor’s well-coordinated plan. In some cases,...

Syria accuses Americans of supporting IS after U.S. helped free most of country from...

By Polygraph Walid MuallemSyrian Foreign Minister“The Americans are using ISIS as a scarecrow. At the same time they are feeding ISIS, encourage them, protect...

Top targets of the pro-Kremlin media in Arabic in 2019: The fight against terrorism...

By EU vs Disinfo As the year comes to an end, here is an overview of the strategy of pro-Kremlin media vis-à-vis their audiences in...

What did not happen in 2019?

By EU vs Disinfo 2019 is coming to an end, and what a year it’s been! The last year of the 21st century’s teenage decade will...

Putin: Heavy weaponry in Donbas comes from governments sympathetic to separatists, not Russia

By Polygraph Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia"I'm constantly being asked this question: where do they get tanks and heavy artillery? Listen, in many hot spots...