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.

Russia conceals its military casualties as part of propaganda war

In the four weeks since Russia entered the conflict in Syria, Moscow has waged a fierce campaign for the hearts and minds of ordinary...

Sweden eyeing Nato help in propaganda wars

Sweden is considering joining a Nato centre for strategic communication to boost its expertise in fighting propaganda wars in the social media world, said...

‘Unprecedented’ Challenge in Countering Adversarial Propaganda, Official Says

The United States is facing an unprecedented challenge in countering the propaganda of adversaries who recruit and easily spread misinformation through the Internet, a...

Actor ‘can’t stop laughing’ as Russian ambassador tweets ‘terrorist’ photo

Actor Kal Penn has found himself mistaken for a terrorist -- again. After his character, Kumar Patel, was flagged as an Islamic extremist in the...

What You Need to Know About Russian Social Networks to Conduct Open-Source Research

This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet....

Russian Mom Faces Years In Prison For Sharing Posts On Ukraine

In Yekaterina Vologzheninova's opinion, the only things she might be guilty of are her daughter's messy bedroom and unwashed dishes. Authorities in Russia, however, believe...

TV Witch Hunt Drives Human Rights Activist Out of Russia

A human rights activist from a small town in the Urals has fled to Paris seeking asylum after a documentary on state TV channel...

Publishers Slammed by Ukrainian Diplomats, Media for Showing Crimea as Part of Russia

Two renowned publishing houses have found themselves at the heart of a media storm for featuring maps showing the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea...

Russia Today Airs Bizarre Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory About Hillary Clinton

RT, or Russia Today, the overseas propaganda network of Vladimir Putin, is not known for its fealty to reality or basic standards of journalism....

Finnish researcher: Russia ramping up its information war

Russia has intensified its ongoing information war against the West since the onset of the Ukraine crisis in 2014. Finnish author Saara Jantunen says...