Last fakes of the week
07 June 2026
Belarusian radio claimed that Japan owes its economic miracle to Soviet magazines. We verified the claim
According to the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio, the Japanese economic miracle was made possible by Soviet scientific and technical magazines. However, this statement contradicts the chronology of events and Japan’s official position.
fabrication, Japan, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Alexander Tishchenko, achievements, high tech, economy.
06 June 2026
Are the same Wehrmacht units stationed at the Belarusian border again? Fact-checking the historical parallels that Belarusian state media drew to World War II
According to the Belarusian state media, NATO units in Lithuania have the same numbers as the Wehrmacht units that attacked Belarus during World War II. The media also claimed that NATO is allegedly “burning villages” to build a training ground in this area. However, a fact-check revealed that the media staff had confused the branches of the military and military units.
fabrication, Belarus, Lithuania, Germany, Belarus Today, Alpha Radio, First Information TV Channel news.by, Aliaksei Bialiayeu, Andrey Sych, Alexey Volkov, NATO, war, history.
05 June 2026
Are Polish authorities kicking out migrant doctors? We verified the claim of a Belarusian TV presenter
Yauhen Horyn, the host of the First Information Channel, said that Poland was expelling Belarusian and Ukrainian doctors whom it had invited during the pandemic. The pretext is their lack of proficiency in Polish. The Weekly Top Fake team found that Horyn portrayed the end of the language certificate filing deadline as a sudden banishment. Medics were given 1.5 years to obtain the certificate.
misrepresentation, Poland, First Information TV Channel news.by, Evgeniy Gorin, migration, medicine, COVID-19 pandemic.
30 May 2026
Liudmila Hladkaya claims that Lukashenko is popular in the Baltic States and Poland
Following the publication of a Russian Public Opinion Research Center poll on the popularity of post-Soviet countries’ leaders in Russia, in which Aleksandr Lukashenko scored 75%, presenters on SB TV called him a “Slavic chief” and claimed that his popularity in the Baltic States and Poland is no lower — and perhaps even higher. However, independent polls’ results contradict this.
fabrication, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus Today, Lyudmila Gladkaya, politics, sociology.
29 May 2026
An economist claims the U.S. manipulated statistics to unseat China as the world’s largest economy
Following the visits of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to China, Belarusian state media reported that, in violation of diplomatic protocol, Xi Jinping did not greet the American president at the airport, yet publicly acknowledged Lukashenko during his conversation with Trump. In turn, the U.S. is blocking China’s economic leadership by manipulating statistics. However, these claims lack factual evidence.
misrepresentation, China, USA, Belarus, Russia, Radio Minsk, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Vadzim Yalfimau, Solomon Bernstein, Iryna Novikava, economy, diplomacy.
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