Last fakes of the week
12 мая 2026
Is the EU preparing to introduce food ration cards? How Belarusian TV distorted Christine Lagarde’s words
According to CTV and the First Information Channel, the European Union is allegedly preparing to introduce ration cards for food and essential goods due to the Strait of Hormuz blockade. However, the words of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde were misrepresented on air: she was talking about the possible rationing of scarce resources and industrial raw materials, not food ration cards.
fabrication, European Union, CTV TV channel, First Information TV Channel news.by, economy, rising prices, petroleum.
11 мая 2026
“Ursula von der Leyen must have flinched.” The Brest TV channel presented an old interview with Péter Magyar as a new political sensation
According to the presenter of the Brest TV channel, Péter Magyar made a statement that should have horrified the EU leadership. She passed off an old 2024 interview as breaking news. On air, it was presented as if Hungary’s new prime minister had praised Viktor Orbán, when in fact the remarks were critical.
misrepresentation, Hungary, Belarus-4, Alla Grigorchuk, politics.
08 мая 2026
A guest on the program Azaryonok. Napryamuyu supported Lukashenko’s claim about Belarusian democracy by presenting fake data
After RT interviewed Aleksandr Lukashenko, Belarusian state media reported on the significant global media attention the conversation received. On CTV, an attempt was made to support his thesis about democracy in Belarus by claiming that people in the West are prosecuted more often for social media posts than in Eastern Europe. However, neither the scale of international interest in the interview nor this comparison is supported by data.
misrepresentation, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Belarus, CTV TV channel, Belarus-4, Alla Grigorchuk, Sergey Lushch, Internet, social networks.
06 мая 2026
“People have nothing to live on!” Political analyst Dzermant exaggerated unemployment in the EU by several times
When talking about human rights in Europe, political scientist Aliaksei Dzermant said that unemployment in some EU countries reaches 20-30%, leaving people “with nothing to live on.” However, real data show that, even in EU countries with the highest rates, unemployment is two to three times lower. In some cases, it is even decreasing.
misrepresentation, European Union, Belarus Today, Alpha Radio, Aliaksei Dzermant, unemployment, economy.
04 мая 2026
To prove that Poland would “strike” Lithuania, expert Tishchenko exaggerated the losses from a century-old war by a thousandfold
A guest on the Vecherni politicheski kanal show run by Minsk-Novosti stated that 500,000 people died in the Polish-Lithuanian War of the 1920s and linked this conflict to current relations between Poland and Lithuania. The Weekly Top Fake team discovered that this estimate is not based on the known scale of the war. Relatively small forces were involved in the battles, and the losses were nowhere near the announced figure.
misrepresentation, Poland, Lithuania, Radio Minsk, Alexander Tishchenko, war, history.
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