Thursday, January 30, 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.

Kremlin Disinformation Targets US Elections

By EUvsDisinfo The US presidential elections will take place on 5 November. And despite their protestations of indifference, warmongers in the Kremlin seem keenly interested...

The Kremlin’s Futile Disinfo Trash Catapult

By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s ongoing war of conquest in Ukraine was the first point on the agenda when EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels...

Back to school in Russia – more revision of history

By EUvsDisinfo In this longread, we examine the role of the Russian school system in social engineering, shaping a streamlined, Kremlin-controlled way of thinking for...

Computer Games the Kremlin Plays

By EUvsDisinfo Enter the world of IDI. A synthetic brainwasher created by the Kremlin, one of its latest tools in the quest to manipulate and control the...

Pro-Russia, pro-Wagner activity surges following Mali and Wagner forces’ defeat in battle

By Valentin Châtelet, for DFRLab An inauthentic network of YouTube channels pushed pro-AES and anti-Ukraine narratives after the Tinzaouaten confrontation. A network of twenty-seven YouTube channels, targeting...

The Inevitability of Bombing and Calls for ‘Total Liquidation’ of Ukraine

By EUvsDisinfo Sometimes people think of August as a quiet time of year. In the history of Russia, as well as of the Soviet Union,...

The convenient distraction of false martyrdom

By EUvsDisinfo While most people prefer to spend the sun-filled afternoons of late August making the most of their remaining vacation days, the Kremlin’s agents...

DISINFO: Ukraine is preparing a provocation with a dirty nuclear bomb

By EUvsDisinfo SUMMARY The Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation with an explosion of a dirty nuclear bomb. The warheads of the dirty bomb have already been...

Playing Games in Africa

By EUvsDisinfo As signatures dry on a new defence pact between Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, online gamers can play with these countries’ destinies in...

23 August – Black Ribbon Day, or the European Day of Remembrance

By EUvsDisinfo 23 August is a special day for historic events in Europe. The European Day of Remembrance, also known as Black Ribbon Day, honours the victims...