Thursday, January 30, 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.

Fake ‘Ukrainian’ News Websites Run by Russian ‘Troll Army’ Offshoots

Russia has engaged in a blitzkrieg of information warfare since the start of the Euromaidan protests, increasing the budget of RT (formerly Russia Today)...

Pro-Moscow Groups Launch Websites for ‘Peoples Republics’ in Latvia and Lithuania

Pro-Moscow groups have launched websites for a so-called Latgale Peoples Republic in southeastern Latvia and a so-called Vilnius Peoples Republic around the capital of...

Russia Update: Court Upholds Definition of Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg as ‘Foreign Agent’

A court rejected the attempt by the Soldiers’ Mothers of St. Petersburg to remove the designation of “foreign agent,” despite the fact that the...

Germany Faces Tricky Quest Countering Russian Propaganda

Germany is launching a new international news service to counter Russia’s aggressive propaganda push in Europe. The only problem: Employees of Deutsche Welle, the...

How to Kremlin sees the blogosphere: “Guards”, “Opposition”, and “Neutrals”

Incredibly valuable hack from Anonymous International – Russia. This document appears to be an internal Kremlin index of the relevant bloggers: divided into “Guards” (either...

A journalist revealed that a mass hate scene of Donetsk citizens on a “parade...

A blogger from Donetsk with a nickname ‘pauluskp’ showed the true picture of the "parade of captured" Ukrainian soldiers organized by terrorists from DNR. He...

“Vesti Nedeli” with Dmitry Kiselev showed Russian soldiers in Donetsk airport

January 18, "Vesti Nedeli" with Dmitry Kiselev (TV channel "Russia 1") showed the story of the Donetsk airport storm (2:47 of the program). It...

Russia’s Reaction to EU ‘Counter-Propaganda’ Channel Hints at Fear

Russia's Foreign Ministry slammed the European Union's plan to create a Russian-language television channel in Europe as an attack on free speech, an official reaction that analysts say was tinged with...

Photoproof of Donbas Separatists Using Russia’s mashine gun

Russia still sending arms to separatists in the Donbas: By UK in Ukraine.

Kremlin-Owned Internet Search Engine Filters Out “Charlie Hebdo” Results

The latest issue of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine attacked last week by terrorists, is fetching hundreds of dollars on eBay today. But...