Tuesday, November 26, 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.

Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Referenced By Hundreds Of Wikipedia Articles

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin continues to insulate the Russian population from the outside world in terms of access to reliable information, including an...

Trolling For A Victory Steeped In Blood And Hunger

By EU vs Disinfo Nearing day 50 of the war in Ukraine, the master of the Kremlin remains unabashed. The “special operation”, for the rest...

The Bucha Massacre: How To Deflect Attention In Poland

By EU vs Disinfo On 4-5 April, when the news of the Russian massacres in Bucha outside Kyiv hit international media (but not in Russia!),...

How “Известия” Falsified Zelenskyy’s Words About The “Azov Regiment” Based On “Fox News”

By Anano Shoshiashvili, Arabella Kordzakhia Myth Detector On April 1st, 2022, FOX News reporter Bret Baier recorded an exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The...

Fact Check: No Evidence Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Is Cousin To George Soros

By Sarah Thompson, for Lead Stories Did a Pentagon official say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the cousin of George Soros? No, that's not...

“Biological Weapons Are Banned; Biological Research Is Not”

By EU vs Disinfo Amid the barrage of lies accompanying Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Kremlin’s disinformation narrative that Ukraine is carrying out research to...

Disinformation To Conceal War Crimes: Russia Is Lying About Atrocities In Bucha

By EU vs Disinfo The images of bodies strewn across the streets of Bucha, killed execution-style, show the true face of Putin’s Russia. These...

“Eight years”. Deconstructing the most popular myth of Russian propaganda

By Yaroslav Zubchenko, for Detector Media "Why were you silent for eight years while children were killed in Donbas?"  This line with some variations is currently...

What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian...

By Mariia Kravchenko Disclaimer: What you are about to read is a direct translation of an article written by a russian propagandist. This is what...

China’s Balancing Act On The Ukraine War

By EU vs Disinfo Chinese media and officials have made it clear: it is not Russia that is to blame for the military aggression against...