Monday, November 25, 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.

Anti-Semitism And Pro-Kremlin Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo At the very end of 2022, the now exiled chief Rabbi of Moscow made a remarkable statement, urging Russian Jews to leave...

“Refugees are Not Welcome” – How Russian Propaganda Lies about Ukrainian Refugees

Russian propagandists continue to lie about the reality of life in Ukraine and in the West in numerous capacities. By Dzvenyslava Shcherba, for UkraineWorld Therefore, they...

The Sins Of Their Forefathers

By EU vs Disinfo Duality is the name of the pro-Kremlin disinformation game. Last week Russia’s tendency to make diametrically opposed disinformation-laden claims came into...

Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels try to convince Latvians their government is ‘fascist’

Newly created pro-Kremlin Telegram channels target Russian speakers in Latvia By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLab The DFRLab identified at least fourteen Telegram channels that amplify each...

Preparing Minds for the War: How Russian Propagandists Sowed the Seeds of and Justified...

Russia has been using various narratives that justify aggression against Ukraine. By Anastasiia Herasymchuk, for UkraineWorld These narratives all exist in the information space simultaneously, but...

Shifting The Focus, Engineering Paranoia, Manufacturing Fake Threats

By EU vs Disinfo While much of the world watched with horror and condemnation as reports came in about Russian missile attacks on Dnipro and other Ukrainian cities during 15-16 January,...

Russian So-Called ‘Peace Proposals’ Are Empty Pr Stunts

By EU vs Disinfo Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and is using a poor euphemism for the war, calling...

Putin Aide Falsely Claims Russia is Fighting NATO, Not Ukraine

By William Echols, for Polygraph Nikolay PatrushevSecretary of the Security Council of Russia "The events in Ukraine aren’t a clash between Moscow and Kyiv. It’s a...

How China funds foreign influence campaigns

By DFRLab CCP financial statements reveal details of influence operations, from news programming to documentaries to feature films A review of financial records for Chinese Communist...

The “Christmas Ceasefire:” how Russian Propagandists Reacted to Their Own President’s Proposal

By Andriy Avramenko, for UkraineWorld After massive missile and drone strikes on December 25 and New Year's Eve, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral ceasefire for...