Saturday, March 1, 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’s Overflight Request to Bulgaria ‘Part of Propaganda War’

The Russian request to Bulgaria for an overflight of "humanitarian aid" planes en route to Syria was part of a propaganda war the country...

The Chilling side to Russia’s claims about Yatsenyuk as Chechnya fighter

Russian Investigative Committee claims that Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk once fought against Russia in Chechnya aroused hilarity and some excellent flights of Photoshop...

Kremlin’s Millions

With one hand, Kremlin strangles non-governmental organizations in Russia. With another, it generously supports the defenders of its interests in the Baltics. Russia's President Vladimir...

Newspaper censors its own interview with Russian opposition leader, removing criticism of Putin and...

The newspaper Kommersant has deleted from its website a series of quotes from the transcript of an interview with opposition leader Alexey Navalny. The original...

BBC enters Putin’s media war

To counter Kremlin crackdown, the BBC aims for a TV channel to promote “democracy and liberty.” Europe’s floundering campaign to counter misleading Russian media coverage...

Trolls on tour: how Kremlin money buys Western journalists

Russian ultranationalists are trying to buy Western journalists: who is behind all of this? In the summer of 2014, a photographic exhibition on the conflicts...

Life In The Fog

Compared to Soviet propaganda, which targeted ideological supporters of socialism and communism, Putin's propaganda machine targets individuals who hold different – often conflicting –...

Russian and Separatist Media Continue Citing Anonymous Blogs as Official Media

Large Russian and separatist media web-sites continue the deceptive practice of presenting anonymous blogs on free hosting services as “publications of well-known mass media”. For...

EU task force to take on Russian propaganda

This is not about engaging in counter-propaganda. However, where necessary the EU will respond to disinformation that directly targets the EU and will work...

Russia Today not welcome in Latvia

Kremlin propaganda TV channel Russia Today has been refused permission to set up shop in Latvia, the LETA news agency reported Friday. The official Register...