Monday, January 27, 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.

“Western countries attack Russia” while “withdrawing aid to Ukraine”: competing  disinformation campaigns from Europe...

Source: Maldita.es Since at least 2014, hoaxes and disinformation have been circulating in multiple countries and languages ​​accusing the West of attacking Russia This is the “most...

Cultural assault from the Kremlin

The sad anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine will soon pass. Ukrainian cities, villages and, above all, the people, have been and continue...

Main Directions of Russia’s Propaganda War Against NATO

For many years, Western countries—including Poland—have been targets of Russia's hybrid aggression. This aggression is not limited to specific nations but is aimed at...

Joy and fear – Russian reactions to the election of Donald Trump

Observing the reaction of the Kremlin's propaganda centers, one can see that they are officially exercising some restraint over the election of Donald Trump...

Empty Threats and Empty Coffers

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin rushes to repaint fading red lines, brandishing its all-too-predictable nuclear stick to respond to Ukrainian long-range strikes. Russia’s creative accounting is...

The Kremlin Rewriting German Unification

By EUvsDisinfo Information manipulation tends to have specific aims in the here and now: to shift a policy, to confuse voters, to create instability in...

Russia’s Blueprint for a Fact-Checkers Association: What’s the Real Agenda?

The Kremlin has long used fact-checking as a weapon. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, Russians have launched many channels on...

1 000 and 4 000 Days of Russia’s War Against Ukraine

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s war against Ukraine started in 2014 with the invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea. Russia engineered the war in Eastern Ukraine and later annexed parts of Donbas...

Strong Enough

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin continued its elections interference campaign in the US until the final moments, utilising the same playbook we have repeatedly uncovered. This week,...

Green Agenda or a ‘Global Plot’?

By EUvsDisinfo With COP 29 approaching, Pro-Kremlin outlets’ climate coverage reveals a calculated strategy: acknowledge climate change while using it as a tool to attack...