Thursday, July 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.

The series of posters links Ukraine’s current struggle to WWII

Despite Russian propaganda’s allegations of Ukraine’s new government’s attempts to erase the victory over Nazism from memory, Ukrainians continue to produce works of art...

Analytical Report «Counteraction to Russian Information Aggression: Joint Action to Protect Democracy»

The Analytical Report reflects the dynamics of information aggression of Russia against Ukraine between February 2014 and March 2015 as well as the outcomes...

Nemtsov report ​offers darkest portrait yet of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian opposition activists have released a report started by the late Boris Nemtsov detailing Russia's military aggression in Ukraine. It provides perhaps the darkest picture...

Pro-Russian Videos Get Fake Views With Help From Malware

Some pro-Russian videos appear to have gone viral, and not in a good sense. Motherboard reports that a group of unknown hackers has been...

Russia to slap crippling fines on media for ‘propaganda of extremism’

Vladimir Putin has signed a law increasing fines on the media for what the authorities choose to view as ‘propaganda of extremism’.  In Russian-occupied...

RT America Boss Out on Supervised Release Following Tax Fraud Conviction

The former boss of the Kremlin’s Washington-based media empire has been sentenced to a year of supervised release for his 2013 tax fraud conviction,...

America’s Adversaries Use Baltimore Unrest to Spread Anti-US Message

Across the world, this week’s unrest in Baltimore after the death of a young African American following being taken into police custody is being...

Russia Spreads Yet Another Fabrications About American Military Experts in Ukraine

In mid-April a group of pro-Russian hackers distributed an article about the arrival of US military experts who were allegedly to take part in...

The Pro-Kremlin Youth Group: Putin’s Propaganda Machine (Part 1)

Despite sanctions, a plummeting economy, and isolation from the world as a result of its actions in Ukraine, a wave of patriotic fervor is...

Sputnik Launches Danish Language Website

The new website will feature a wide range of perspectives on key international events. Sputnik multimedia news agency announces the launch of a news portal in Danish...