Friday, February 28, 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.

Rossiya Segodnya assets seized in France

Bailiffs in France, carrying out court orders to seize assets belonging to the Russian Federation, have issued seizure notifications to Russia’s RT state-funded television...

Russian Censor Says It’s High Time the Country Developed Its Own Messenger App

Russia is in dire need of its own national text messaging service, according to Alexandr Zharov, head of Roscomnadzor, Russia's media watchdog. Speaking at...

Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist

Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People's Republic” in the Donetsk...

Facebook’s block policy accused of facilitating pro-Kremlin trolls

Prominent bloggers claim their accounts are being routinely blocked after orchestrated complaints from Russia’s cyber army, wrote Dmitriy Volchek, RFE/FL. On June 4, Ukrainian journalist...

Selfie Soldiers: Russia Checks in to Ukraine

As the conflict in Ukraine continues, so too does Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of any Russian involvement. But a recent report from think...

Ukraine Restaurant Spoofs Russian Propaganda

Russia's propaganda on the conflict in Ukraine has often reached absurd levels, such as labeling government leaders “Nazis” and “fascists” to revive emotions from...

Facebook Responds to ‘Stop Political Blocking’ Petition by Russians and Ukrainians

t’s taken about about two weeks and almost 11,000 signatures, but Facebook has at last responded to the “Stop Political Blocking on Facebook” petition....

Ukrainian bloggers use social media to track Russian soldiers fighting in east

In his free time, Ukrainian blogger Anton Pavlushko trawls through Russian-language social networking sites searching for evidence of foreign soldiers in his country. “Sometimes you...

EU sets up team to counter Russian propaganda

The European Union has created a team to fight Russian propaganda headed by Czech journalist Jakub Kalenský, Ukrainian newspaper Europeiska Pravda reported on Thursday, with reference...

How Western plans to fight Putin’s propaganda war could backfire

An information war is raging in Eastern Europe; at stake are perceptions of the situation in Ukraine. In both Russia and the West, the...