Wednesday, November 27, 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.

Not just for fun. How memes spread disinformation on Covid-19?

By InformNapalm It takes a short scroll through a news feed on any social media platform to stumble upon a meme. Images from well-known movies...

Everybody Does It!

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin media have mobilised a common – and flawed – instrument. In literature on Ethics, it’s referred to as the “Golden...

A Helping Hand: Pro-Kremlin Media Defend China’s Human Rights Record In Xinjiang

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin outlets reproduce and amplify Beijing’s narratives denying human rights violations against the Uyghur population. “Cherished dreams can only come true through...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Putin’s ally in Ukraine charged with treason

TOPICS OF THIS WEEK Kremlin ally Medvedchuk arrested for treason in Ukraine. Khodorkovsky: Kremlin has appointed its Trojan horses all over the EU. The Russian government wasn't...

Who Are Against Russia This Week?

By EU vs Disinfo With an official list of unfriendly countries and high-level claims about the EU preparing a slander campaign against Russia, the Kremlin yet again acts...

Pouring Derision Upon Eurovision

By EU vs Disinfo Russian Nationalists Go Full Don Quixote on the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest is on the one hand, one of...

Kremlin-owned information actors highlight anti-lockdown protests in the West

By InformNapalm Since mid-2020, Russian state media, pro-Kremlin media and social media accounts have to some extent highlighted protests against COVID-19 lockdowns around the world,...

Exposed: 40 Russian military men of 15th Brigade participated in the aggression against Ukraine...

By InformNapalm InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community collected facts of the direct participation of servicemen of the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB) of the Armed Forces...

Land Of Confusion

By EU vs Disinfo The Medium is the Message In pro-Kremlin ideology, media should fulfil their duty as tribune, clearly discerning friends and enemies. For example, Swedish media...

The Terrible Russophobia

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin Security Czar on the Roots of Western Aggression One recurrent trope, documented several hundred times in the EUvsDisinfo database on...