Friday, November 29, 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.

Men arrested in Belarus formerly fought for Russia in Ukraine and elsewhere

By DFRLab On July 29, 2020, a group of 33 men allegedly working for Russian intelligence-associated Wagner mercenary group were detained by Belarusian authorities outside of Minsk. Approximately...

Pro-Kremlin platforms go on the offensive on after investigation into Russian bounties on U.S....

By DFRLab At least five narratives emerged on Russian outlets and social media, following a well-established playbook A number of pro-Kremlin and Kremlin-funded outlets spread various...

EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks

By EURACTIV The European Union imposed on Thursday (30 July) travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on firms...

RUSSIA DID NOT… (AND ANYWAY, THERE IS NO PROOF)

By EU vs Disinfo Despite evidence pointing to the contrary, pro-Kremlin media continues to claim Russia had nothing to do with downing flight MH17, poisoning the Skripals, or interfering...

The pandemic has spawned disinformation campaigns that blend truth, lies, and sincere beliefs

By Kate Starbird, republished in NiemanLab “While a single disinformation campaign may have a specific objective — for instance, changing public opinion about a political...

STORYTELLING THE DISINFORMATION. PART 2.

By EU vs Disinfo “The Threatened Kingdom” By EU vs Disinfo Once upon the Time, in a kingdom far, far away, a dragon was keeping the entire people hostage,...

NATO’s approach to countering disinformation: a focus on COVID-19

By NATO Introduction COVID-19 has affected almost every person in every NATO state. It is vital that this global health crisis does not turn into a...

Bestiarium Kremlinensis A – B

By EU vs Disinfo Warning: Satire Fear is the main element in the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem. The EUvsDisinfo has earlier outlined a few of the phobias, plaguing...

Poles about Polish-Russian relations and historical propaganda

As it is stated in the report “Informational war and historical propaganda” by the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding, international relations are a...

Repeated Aggression in South China Sea Belies China’s Denials of ‘Maritime Empire’

By Polygraph Zhao LijianChinese Foreign Ministry spokesman“China has never sought to establish a maritime empire in the South China Sea, and has always treated the...