Friday, December 27, 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.

Who’s Really in the Shadows?

By EUvsDisinfo Most people are naturally suspicious. And that’s not a bad thing. In fact, our innate inclination to doubt and question everything we experience...

A Glorious Future Awaits

By EUvsDisinfo In Georgia, the Georgian parliament passed the controversial ‘foreign agents’ law, triggering widespread demonstrations in the streets of Tbilisi. Protests were met with...

Georgia: Resilience in action

By EUvsDisinfo When protestors took to the streets of Tbilisi first in March 2023 and then again in April 2024 to express their opposition to...

A Mere Man

By EUvsDisinfo A play to serve one man’s hubris was carefully orchestrated within the walls of the Kremlin. The re-crowned czar, devoid of greatness despite...

Victory Day, 9 May in the past in the USSR and Russia today –...

By EUvsDisinfo Update 8 May 2024 Putin just started another presidential term as an unchecked czar of Russia, continuing his rule since the year 2000. War has become...

What He Said and What it Really Means – Vol. 7: Putin as Czar

By EUvsDisinfo On the 7th of May in Moscow, Putin was sworn in for his next six-year term as president following the heavily manipulated and doctored...

Russian-language Telegram channels foment tensions in Georgia

By Givi Gigitashvili, for DFRLab Telegram channels posting unverified content exacerbate political grievances between pro-Western and pro-Russian Georgians Russian-language Telegram channels focusing on Georgia are disseminating...

Building a False Façade

By EUvsDisinfo EUvsDisinfo has spent quite some time gathering, analysing and exposing pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives. In fact, we already have 17,000 examples and counting. When looking at...

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...