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.

Chinese disinfo hits U.S. biolab with new COVID-19 conspiracy

By Polygraph Global Times“Days before the institution's (Fort Detrick laboratory) temporary shutdown in 2019, a respiratory illness was reported on June 30 at a community...

The Malthusian straw men

By EU vs Disinfo How pro-Kremlin outlets use cheap rhetorical tricks A straw man is a rhetorical trick, used in polemical debate. You attack your opponent, refuting arguments,...

MIGs in Libya, contradicting Moscow’s denials

By Polygraph Andrey Krasovdeputy chair of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee" yet another American scary tale. This is fake and disinformation in the spirit...

Russian news site distorts U.S. coronavirus poll

By Polygraph News Fronta pro-Kremlin news site“Every fourth American is against taking anti-COVID-19 vaccine.”Source: News Front, May 21, 2020FALSE On May 21, the pro-Kremlin news site...

Back to basics: Ukraine, revisionism, and Russophobia

By EU vs Disinfo As the world cautiously begins to adjust to the new realities of post-quarantine life, the pro-Kremlin media is adjusting as well...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: EU should launch a team to investigate Chinese disinformation

NEW REPORT Russian battles over historical narratives: the case of Prague’s Konev statue The recent escalation in relations between the Czech Republic and Russia, relating to...

One threat, one presence: A strategy for NATO’s Eastern flank

By LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges, Janusz Bugajski, COL (Ret.) Ray Wojcik, Carsten Schmiedl, for CEPA NATO’s Eastern Flank stretches from the Arctic to the Caucasus...

Russian ‘expert’ denies documented repression of Crimean Tatars

By Polygraph Vladimir ZharikhinDeputy Head of the Institute of CIS Countries“This (claim about persecution of Crimean Tatars) once again confirms that in Ukraine the name...

Sputnik Srbija narratives fuel East-West division in Western Balkans, NATO Stratcom Report finds

By EU vs Disinfo Sputnik Srbija emphasises division in the Western Balkans, presenting pro-Western forces as ‘weak’ and ‘corrupt’, aiming to subordinate their neighbours. That is...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The unexpected journey of Russian ventilators from Russia to the US...

Topics of the Week Illiberal Hungary witch-hunts critical voices. The civil society plans to build resilience in spite of that. The unexpected journey of Russian ventilators...