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.

Crimea: Eight Years After Russia’s Violent, Illegal Annexation, Still Desperately Seeking Recognition

By EU vs Disinfo Eight years after being violently and illegally annexed by Russia, Crimea is still one of the main targets of pro-Kremlin disinformation....

Russian information warfare: What to expect next?

By InformNapalm February 22nd 2022 spelled the end of the “invisible” war between Ukraine and Russia that has been going on for 8 years. I...

What He Said And What It Really Means

By EU vs Disinfo The main messages in president Putin’s speech broadcast on 24 February AM, with which he began an open invasion into Ukraine. Mr.Putin’s address,...

No-Fly Zones and Other Ways the International Community Can Help Ukraine

By Martin Fornusek The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 spurred calls for an internationally-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine. No-fly zone A no-fly zone, or an...

Russian Information Warfare – What to Expect Next

By InformNapalm February 22nd 2022 was the end of the “invisible” war between Ukraine and Russia. I call it “invisible”, because most of the political...

Russian territory was shelled from the Russia-occupied territory. OSINT Evidence

By InformNapalm Russia keeps actively fabricating and promoting fake news reports, organizing false-flag provocations to justify the Kremlin’s decision to openly invade Ukraine with military...

China Toes Russian Propaganda Line on Ukraine Threat and Economy

By William Echols, for Polygraph “For days, the U.S. has been playing up the threat of war and creating an air of tension. This has...

The Kremlin’s Playbook: Fabricating Pretext To Invade Ukraine – More Myths

By EU vs Disinfo Recently, we examined and debunked seven of the most prevalent and dangerous myths related to Ukraine. Amid the continuous military escalation at Ukraine’s borders,...

Minsk Coercion: Pro-Russian Social Media Accounts Pressure Ukraine to Implement the Minsk Protocols

By Vitalii Rybak, for UkraineWorld The latest Kremlin’s disinformation campaign on Facebook, Telegram and Twitter portray Ukraine as an aggressor state. On February 7, during his...

More Than 1,000 Prisoners In Belarus Are Not Enough For Regime Media

By EU vs Disinfo Earlier, we examined how repression in Belarus has taken almost absurd turns. As of 1 February 2022, Belarusian penal facilities held 1,022 political...