Saturday, November 23, 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.

Elections are Battlefields for the Kremlin: Go After the Leaders

By EUvsDisinfo During 6-9 June, the next elections to the European Parliament will take place across EU Member States in the largest European democratic exercises for hundreds...

Turning The War Into a Crusade

By EUvsDisinfo As we begin the month of May, Russian state propaganda is tuned to two frequencies: drumming up support for Putin ahead of his...

Tinker, Tailor, Busted Russian Spy

By EUvsDisinfo The hard, painful, pointy end of oncoming consequences has hit the Kremlin. Their foot soldiers got caught red-handed in Germany and Poland, and...

In Kazakhstan and Central Asia the Kremlin Cries “Russophobia”!

By EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin’s mantra In January 2024, the Kazakh government renamed several railway stations. Station 26 became Zhetitobe station, Koscheku station became Kosshoky station. Unremarkable. Until Tina...

Peace And Sudden Memory Improvement

By EUvsDisinfo Last week brought some unexpected challenges for the Kremlin’s information manipulators and disinformation launderers. On one hand, they had to keep up the...

Greetings from Russia: a Trip from Kyiv to Korea

By EUvsDisinfo In the not-so-distant past, the slogan ‘From Vancouver to Vladivostok’ epitomised a system of international relations built on cooperation or at least a stable framework....

The Wrong, the Wicked, and the Wacky – Claims about the EU Mission in...

By EUvsDisinfo ‘Good’ old stories On 23 January 2023, the European Council announced the creation of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). Its staff consist of unarmed civilian experts, including...

Russian Agents Cloaked in Mantles of the Macedonian Orthodox Church

By Goran Lefkov, for Meta Even before Vasian Zmeev, Russian agents in North Macedonia were carrying out hostile activities related to religion, but through Greece....

Suspicious Facebook assets amplify pro-Kremlin Bulgarian ‘mushroom’ websites

by Sopo Gelava for DFRLab More than one hundred Facebook assets promoted links to external websites sharing pro-Kremlin propaganda in Bulgaria. Cover photo: Journalists record Italian Air Force Eurofighter...

Putin’s Re-Election And the Messages It Brings

By EUvsDisinfo A lot has already been reported about the so-called presidential elections in Russia during 15-17 March. There were no surprises, and reactions from the...