Saturday, November 30, 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.

A red, white and blue all-American Maidan

By EU vs Disinfo The Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Network and the Protests in the US In the world of the pro-Kremlin disinformation network, protests are never a...

Chinese white paper praises coronavirus response, but critics say secrecy costs lives

By Polygraph Xinhua NewsState-run news agency“Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission, said there is ‘no delay or cover-up’ in the Chinese government's response...

Vote or gays will take your children. 2020 edition

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin propaganda and homophobia go hand in hand ahead of the vote on constitutional amendments in Russia. Two years ago, EUvsDisinfo wrote about a...

Crisis (non-)management, pro-Kremlin style

By EU vs Disinfo Last week, the Disinformation Review highlighted the cynical opportunism of the pro-Kremlin media in exploiting the racial injustice protests sweeping across...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: SpaceX launch ruffles some feathers

Topics of the Week Germany will seek sanctions over the 2015 Bundestag cyberattack SpaceX launch according to the Kremlin's channels: a sign of weakness of aggression? How Russia...

A red, white and blue all-American Maidan

By EU vs Disinfo The pro-Kremlin disinformation network and the protests in the US In the world of the pro-Kremlin disinformation network, protests are never a...

U.S. protests incite racist words, mockery from Moscow

By Polygraph Komsomolskaya PravdaRussian national tabloid"In the news, they are now are talking about the first people killed and even raped in Minneapolis."Source: KP.ru, June...

Exploiting crisis and denying responsibility

By EU vs Disinfo This week, focus of the world media is on America where demonstrations against racial injustice sweep across the nation, leading to...

Trump’s antifa tweet: conflation and confusion

By Polygraph Donald TrumpU.S. President“The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”Source: Twitter, May 31, 2020MISLEADING Protests erupted in the city...

Figure of the week: 23.2%

By EU vs Disinfo Almost one-fourth of Russians (23.2%) consider the COVID-19 pandemic a fiction, concocted by the “interested parties”, Russian media reports. An additional 9%...