Monday, March 3, 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.

Split the EU: a Constant priority of the Kremlin

By EUvsDisinfo Russian state-controlled and pro-Kremlin outlets try to divide opponents by spreading rumours, lies, and slander while engaging troll factories, AI bots, and the...

Pro-Kremlin Outlets Drool Over German Elections

By EUvsDisinfo Pro-Kremlin outlets are focusing their attentions on the imminent German Bundestag elections, with narratives stoking tension and division in society. The patterns we...

Munich as Seen Through the Kremlin’s Eyes

By EUvsDisinfo Despite putting on a cool and victorious front, all Russian state outlets followed the Munich Security Conference with feverish interest. Could this be...

The Kremlin’s Energy Myths Melt Away

By EUvsDisinfo The colder it gets, the more desperate pro-Kremlin disinformation becomes. This winter, the usual scare stories about Europe’s supposed mortal dependence on Russian...

Inflation, Stagflation, and Spin – the Kremlin’s Economic War Propaganda

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s economy is under pressure, but the Kremlin does not want you to know it. Instead, Moscow has launched an all-out campaign of...

How Russia Uses AI to Dehumanise Ukrainians

By EUvsDisinfo Opinion articles and editorial commentaries on RIA Novosti often border on obvious propaganda. The Russian state-owned news agency uses them to try to...

Summit on the Horizon

By EUvsDisinfo Putin is angling for another high-profile sit-down with Trump, but this time, the location and stakes are different. Behind the diplomatic bravado, we...

Nothing New from the East

By EUvsDisinfo Ahead of the German federal elections later this month, pro-Kremlin outlets employ the usual manipulative narratives including tropes like ‘Germany is facing economic...

Underwater Incidents, Above-Water Lies

By EUvsDisinfo As undersea infrastructure in the Baltic gets cut, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine churns out cut-and-paste denials and deflections. Several incidents over the last few years have...

The Kremlin’s Strange Idea of Peace

By EUvsDisinfo Even before Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he professed that Russia only wanted peace, if only Ukraine and...