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.

Putin Keeping Up Appearances

By EUvsDisinfo Over the last week, leaders and leaders-to-be around the world have appeared in public and some of their words about others deserve scrutiny....

Brick by (Crumbling) Brick

By EUvsDisinfo Kremlin disinformation peddlers spare no effort to gush about the BRICS Summit in Kazan, singing praises to Putin as the chief architect of...

Fifty Shades of the Kremlin’s ‘Red Lines’

By EUvsDisinfo In international politics and diplomacy, clearly signalling one’s positions, or so-called ‘red lines’, has a real practical value – to avoid miscalculations or...

Moldova on Moscow’s Mind

By EUvsDisinfo Moldovans went to the polls on 20 October to elect their next president and to enshrine in the country’s constitution their desire to...

Twists and Turns: Georgian Dream Rhetoric on the EU

By EUvsDisinfo Georgia’s ruling party has adopted increasingly hostile rhetoric against the EU and the West as it seeks to clamp down on the opposition....

Pipeline of Lies and Fantasies

By EUcsDisinfo Winter is approaching and with it a new focus on those familiar Kremlin disinformation narratives about the EU’s energy supply and the folly...

No time for doubt

Stanisław Żaryn Peace and ceasefire negotiations that the West is more and more intensively trying to force on Ukraine, may have negative consequences for Central...

Who is Afraid of the European Moldova?

By EUvsDisinfo On Sunday 20 October Moldovans headed to the polls to pick their next president and to decide whether they want to introduce the...

Flowers for the Boss

By EUvsDisinfo According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president does not consider his birthday a reason for paying special attention to him personally and does...

The challenges of identifying deepfakes ahead of the 2024 Brazil election

By Beatriz Farrugia, for DFRLab BANNER: Screencaps from a fake video featuring President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that was shared on July 1, 2024...