Sunday, April 13, 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.

Hate Speech and Calls for Genocide in Putin’s Russia

By EUvsDisinfo For years, people enthralled by the Kremlin’s imperialistic narrative of Russian nationalism have zealously demonised Ukrainian cultural and national identity, including by asserting...

Manipulating Memory: Rewriting School History Books

By EUvsDisinfo In recent years, the Kremlin’s propaganda has repeatedly accused the West and neighbouring countries of “historical revisionism”. According to Putin, the West deliberately falsifies history...

The Kremlin’s Global Spinnings

By EU vs Disinfo More reports are shining light on the Kremlin global disinformation ecosystem, which does not shy away from putting human lives in...

Belarus: Militarisation of Minors

By EU vs Disinfo One of our earlier analyses touched upon the Sovietisation of Belarusian schools that have lately been mostly renamed after Soviet heroes. This trend...

What He Said and What it Really Means – Vol. 5: “Interview/ history lecture”

By EU vs Disinfo Putin opened the Kremlin’s doors to the fired former Fox News host, right-wing extremist Tucker Carlson as microphone-holder for a two...

Belarus Update: Absurd Repression Continues

By EUvsDisinfo The public space in Belarus is heavily controlled and the human rights situation remains dire. We have previously reported on large-scale repression against...

Moscow’s Many Stories About EU Support To Ukraine

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformers and manipulators have been busy this week focussing on the European Union. They blame, criticise, belittle, ridicule, smear, and...

Two Hours of Lies and Delusions: Putin’s “Sensational” Interview with Tucker Carlson

By the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security On the night of February 9, Tucker Carlson released a two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin. The...

Cacophonous Chorus Of Conniving Voices

By EUvsDisinfo Once again, it has been a busy week for the Kremlin’s information manipulation purveyors. From planes crashing in Russia’s backyard to some EU...

The 5×5—Forewarned is forearmed: Cybersecurity policy in 2024

By Nitansha Bansal, Trey Herr, for DFRLab Members of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative team discuss the regulatory requirements and emerging technology they are closely following in...