Sunday, November 24, 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.

Putin’s Pawns

By EU vs Disinfo Individuals and their fates do not interest the Kremlin, which just exploits them as disposable pawns in the Kremlin’s losing game. Last...

Weaponising weapons deliveries

By EU vs Disinfo Most forms of kinetic warfare require weapons to sustain it. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is no exception. Consequently, after Russia’s...

Something dark hiding behind the ads

By EU vs Disinfo The EEAS has uncovered a coordinated anti-Western campaign on Facebook that leans on sophisticated techniques to hide its creators tracks. Advertising is...

Spraying hate and slinging lies

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation blurs the line between the digital realm and physical space, amplifying online images of graffiti to fuel offline anti-Semitism...

All the things left unsaid

By EU vs Disinfo Russian state outlets have a years-long propensity to focus on how bad the situation is outside Russia, apparently wanting to inoculate...

Local elections in Moldova: new votes, old disinformation narratives

By EUvsDisinfo On 5 November, Moldova held the first round of local elections during a tumultuous period. Disinformation sources focused on discrediting pro-European authorities and...

Tales from the freezer

By EU vs Disinfo While the Kremlin cryptkeeper was rumoured to have been put in the deep freeze and Daghestani mobs attempted a pogrom-like attack,...

The Kremlin’s travelling roadshow

By EUvsDisinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation praises Russia’s real or imaginary friends, attempts to placate people at home, distracts from Russia’s quagmire in Ukraine, blames the West...

Fear, Hate and Ignorance: pro-Kremlin Disinformation Targets the LGBTIQ+ Community

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin has many labels for its real and invented enemies. Some, they call Nazis. Others, they refer to as shadowy ‘global elites’....

Shrug of an Answer

By EU vs Disinfo Attacks against the EU’s critical infrastructure saw the pro-Kremlin creative juices flowing, and remorseless propagandists leave no human tragedies in peace. Last...