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.

Italian public broadcaster pushes Russian lies about MH17 and war in Donbas

By Halya Coynash, for Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Italy’s public broadcaster RaiUno has broadcast several ‘reports’ from occupied Donbas which present a seriously biased...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Kremlin pushes the line of European disunity during Ukraine talks

THIS WEEK Policy & Research   Russia’s lack of interest in the Geneva talksRussia’s involvement in Kazakh protests U.S. Developments   Kazakhstan adds uncertainty to US talks with...

False Helmets, Trolling Arm Badges: How Pro-Kremlin Outlets Exploited The Situation In Kazakhstan

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin outlets blame the West for a “colour revolution” in Kazakhstan, but hardly anyone is listening. On the morning of 6 January,...

Disinformation In 2021: Top Embarrassing Moments

By EU vs Disinfo Web of lies spun by the pro-Kremlin outlets are often intricate. However, sometimes clumsy mistakes are made. We have collected 10...

‘Merciful’ Belarus uses migrants to accuse Lithuania and Poland of using methods close to...

By DebunkEU.org A major increase in tension on the border with Belarus in the beginning of November has accelerated the spread of false claims –...

Fake Video: How The Pro-Kremlin Media Tried To Accuse Ukraine Of Shooting At Migrants

By EU vs Disinfo You might have seen similar images in a video game or a thriller: video footage filmed with an infrared camera shows...

Pro-Kremlin media uses 30th anniversary of USSR collapse to ignite nostalgia towards the Soviet...

By Debunk.EU During the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of the USSR dissolution, various Kremlin-related Russian media outlets tend to portray the Soviet...

Laughs And Tragedy: Absurd Repression In Belarus

By EU vs Disinfo The Belarusian regime has gone to great lengths to find and punish the perpetrators of a so-called Western ‘hybrid war’ and...

Disinformation & Elections In Moldova

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation and attempts to manipulate the electorate has a tradition in Moldova. The most famous disinformation narrative used during the 2016...

Disinformation Divides Armenia

By EU vs Disinfo Disinformation is not a new phenomenon in Armenia, but it wasn’t always so extensive and so constantly present. After the Velvet Revolution...