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.

Breaking Down Lavrov’s Words: a Fact Check of His Annual Press Conference

By EUvsDisinfo In his annual press conference, summing up Russia’s foreign policy performance in the past year, Lavrov provided a series of distorted facts, misleading...

Everything is Going to Be All Right

By EUvsDisinfo Every year, shortly before midnight on 31 December, Vladimir Putin tells Russians that better times lie ahead, everything is going to be all right and Russia...

The Kremlin Prepares for the Polish EU Presidency

By EUvsDisinfo As Poland prepares to take on the presidency of the EU Council on 1 January 2025, it continues to face intense disinformation attacks...

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA: SUMMARY OF 2024

The Russian-Ukrainian war continues, and the Kremlin's demand for propaganda efforts remains consistently high. The main mistake may be underestimating the power of propaganda...

Russia uses sports and athletes in propaganda and disinformation efforts

Sports have always played an important role in international politics, but in Russia's case it is one of its key propaganda tools. The Kremlin...

Operation Sluice and the migrant crisis as preparation for full-scale aggression

In 2021, Europe faced a migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border as a result of the deliberate actions of Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime. The so-called...

1 000 and 4 000 Days of Nuclear Sabre-Rattling

By EUvsDisinfo Much of the pro-Kremlin information manipulation and disinformation is underpinned by the exploitation of people’s fears and anxieties. There is a topic that...

Spreading conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories have long been one of the most powerful disinformation tools used to manipulate public opinion and influence public behavior. In recent years,...

Revisiting Russia’s Narratives on Its Syria Intervention

By EUvsDisinfo As Russia pulls back its forces and equipment from Syria following what was undoubtedly a strategic defeat, let’s revisit Moscow’s narratives on its...

Using migration issues in Russian and Belarusian propaganda

Belarus and Russia are using migration topics to destabilize the political situation in European Union countries and to strengthen their influence in the international...