Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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.

Figure of the Week: Three-in-ten

By EU vs Disinfo Coronavirus conspiracy theories are gaining traction with audiences: nearly three-in-ten Americans believe that COVID-19 was produced in a lab. One of the...

Who’s a terrorist? Russian Foreign Ministry twists history of ISIS

By Polygraph Maria ZakharovaRussian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman“However, we have long had questions regarding what the United States is guided by in including or not including...

“The COVID-19 outbreak: A window of opportunity to attack the deep state”

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin Media Issuing Instructions on How to (not) Organise Riots “One World Think Tank” is an outlet, registered in Russia and managed...

Ambassadors call for peace in Ukraine, Russia reacts with falsehoods

By Poligraph Dmitry PeskovRussian Presidential Spokesman“Crimea is part of the Russian Federation, with all the consequences this entails. Russia doesn’t have to leave Donbas soil...

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...