Saturday, April 26, 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.

Summit on the Horizon

By EUvsDisinfo Putin is angling for another high-profile sit-down with Trump, but this time, the location and stakes are different. Behind the diplomatic bravado, we...

Nothing New from the East

By EUvsDisinfo Ahead of the German federal elections later this month, pro-Kremlin outlets employ the usual manipulative narratives including tropes like ‘Germany is facing economic...

Underwater Incidents, Above-Water Lies

By EUvsDisinfo As undersea infrastructure in the Baltic gets cut, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine churns out cut-and-paste denials and deflections. Several incidents over the last few years have...

The Kremlin’s Strange Idea of Peace

By EUvsDisinfo Even before Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he professed that Russia only wanted peace, if only Ukraine and...

The Kremlin’s Misuse of Nazism as a Weapon of Information Manipulation

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state serves to justify the ongoing invasion and to distract from Russia’s own historical baggage....

Another Election, Another Kremlin Interference Attempt

By EUvsDisinfo As Germany prepares to head to the polls, pro-Kremlin actors are deploying an arsenal of disinformation tactics to manipulate public opinion and tilt...

Lukashenka’s So-Called ‘Presidential Election’ in Belarus

By EUvsDisinfo A seventh term for Lukashenka The 70-year-old Belarusian autocrat, reigning in Minsk since 1994, is preparing to stage a coronation for yet another five-year...

Joint Action to Expose Russia’s Information Manipulation Attempts

By EUvsDisinfo The EEAS, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden continue to strengthen their responses to Russia’s information...

Shouting at a Mirror

By EUvsDisinfo From the beginning of Russia’s full scale-invasion invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Kremlin has tried to intimidate Western countries by rattling...

Revival of the Stalinist Sport Parades in Putin’s Russia

By EUvsDisinfo Putin’s fight with ‘neoliberal’ international sports On 17 October 2024, a few months after the Paris Olympic Games, Putin took part in a conference...