Saturday, November 23, 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.

Russian State TV Anchor: ‘Propaganda Is Journalism’

Andrei Kondrashov is one of 300 media professionals awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for their "objective" coverage of events in Crimea. Speaking to...

EU Launches First Step in Spreading Word Against Russian ‘Disinformation’

The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit...

Russian Imperialism’s Internet Triumph

With nearly 5 million views in less than two weeks, the YouTube video I’m a Russian Occupant is a bonafide sensation. Just under three...

Ketchum calls it quits on Russia work

Ketchum has ended the bulk of its work for the Russian Federation in the US and Europe amid continuing tensions between the country and...

Inside Putin’s on-air machine

The global news network RT is the Russian government's main weapon in an intensifying information war with the West—and its top editor has a...

London publishes photos of Russian Pantsir-S1 systems in Ukraine

The UK Foreign Office has published photos of the latest Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, which have been sighted in Ukraine, BBC Ukraine reported. The...

Why Putin Says ‘Glory to Ukraine’ – and Other Russian Anecdotes

Few nations in the world are more given to and gifted in the use of anecdotes about many things including their leaders, than the...

Clone Twitter Accounts Target RFE/RL

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. But it can also be an insidious form of disinformation. On February 9, a clone account...

Fake Photos? Ukrainian Deputy Rejects U.S. Senator’s Claims Of Misinformation

Ukrainian deputy is denying claims that he provided U.S. Senate staff with photos of Russian convoys from 2008 and portrayed them as part of...

The Ukraine Plan

Following is a rough but semantically correct translation of the full text of the “Ukraine Strategy Document”, dated somewhere after February 4th 2014 and...