Thursday, November 21, 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.

Flowers for the Boss

By EUvsDisinfo According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president does not consider his birthday a reason for paying special attention to him personally and does...

The challenges of identifying deepfakes ahead of the 2024 Brazil election

By Beatriz Farrugia, for DFRLab BANNER: Screencaps from a fake video featuring President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that was shared on July 1, 2024...

The Kremlin’s Disaster Disinformation Exploits in Poland

By EUvsDisinfo Since mid-September, an uncharacteristically heavy rainfall has caused a series of floods across Central Europe. One country particularly affected by the unseasonal inundations...

The Kremlin Decorates the Disinfo-Christmas Tree Early at the UN

By EUvsDisinfo During his speech at the UN General Assembly’s High level Week, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov kicked off the festive season early and decorated a veritable disinformation-Christmas...

RT (Russia Today) as guerrilla activist

By EUvsDisinfo Most of the time, Kremlin mouthpieces such as RT and Sputnik conceal their continued defiance of EU and US transmission bans. They regularly...

Running Out of Red Paint

By EUvsDisinfo This week, many things have a slight United Nations flavour, as world leaders gather in New York for the 79th UN General Assembly (UNGA)...

The Kremlin’s Multipolar Order of Disinformation

By ERUvsDisinfo September is a busy month at the United Nations. Delegations from all over the world flock to New York to take their seats...

Please, Please Fear Us!

By EUvsDisinfo This week, we focus on two acts illustrating the Kremlin’s playbook of deceit and manipulations. First, Putin in St. Petersburg issuing a kind-of...

A Sleepwalking Kremlin Tells Ukraine to Keep Dreaming of EU Accession

By EUvsDisinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets try to conjure insurmountable obstacles on Ukraine’s EU accession path, but despite all the Kremlin’s lies Ukraine has charted its...

Kremlin Disinformation on Moldova’s Referendum

By EUvsDisinfo On 20 October, Moldovans will head to the polls to elect a new president. Also on the ballot: the country’s future relations with...