Friday, November 1, 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.

Russia’s information soldiers pose as journalists in war against Ukraine

Russia's information war in Ukraine is getting more sinister. Ukrainian officials announced in July that a German citizen had been masquerading as a journalist...

Recommendations for Combating Russian Propaganda

A set of recommendations for combating Russian propaganda in the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries, which has been distributed among the Members...

Russian Government Book on Ukraine Conflict Illustrated With Fake Photo

Russia's Investigative Committee has released a book supposedly documenting the "crimes" of Ukrainian government forces illustrated by a cover photo of a burning city — an image of alleged devastation that was...

Why is Russia afraid of NGOs?

Why is Russia so concerned about the state of its constitution? Can NGO activity really undermine a country or are other factors required? Fiona...

Former Deutsche Welle reporter Kitty Logan loses press accreditation in Ukraine

Kitty Logan was covering events in war-torn Eastern Ukraine for Deutsche Welle. Her reports didn’t garner much attention, but one of her Facebook posts...

Russian TV’s silence on troops near Ukraine

Russian TV has a plethora of programmes dedicated to the activity of the Russian military. Over the past year and a half, however, they...

Putin Said to Open Irish Front Against ‘Anglo-Saxon’ News

Russia’s worst economic slump in at least six years may have forced President Vladimir Putin to trim his propaganda budget, but he won’t let...

Pro-Kremlin Newspaper Nurtures A Know-It-All

Sometimes he's just a junior research assistant. But he also sees duty as a literary critic, a journalist, an art critic, or a mass-communication...

Independent media battle on in Putin’s Russia

Alexei Venediktov, one of Russia's most prominent journalists, does not go out without a bodyguard and does not answer mobile phone calls for fear...

Putin’s Next Invasion: The Pop Charts

For more than a year, since his troops invaded Ukrainian territory and illegally annexed Crimea, Vladimir Putin has spent much of his time trying...