Last fakes of the week
02 October 2026
The referendum that never happened: How state TV portrayed the annexation of Western Belarus to the BSSR in 1939
fabrication, Belarus, Poland, USSR, The First News Channel news.by, Ksenia Lebedzeva, history, politics.
01 October 2026
Was Poland planning to carve up the USSR together with Hitler? CTV presented Germany’s proposals as an agreed-upon plan
According to political scientist Piotr Piatrouski, Poland agreed to Nazi Germany’s proposal to jointly attack the USSR and divide its territory before World War II. Although Hermann Göring did propose an anti-Soviet alliance and a “joint campaign against Russia” to the Polish leadership, historical documents show that they did not agree to the proposal.
misrepresentation, Germany, Poland, USSR, CTV TV channel, Piotr Piatrouski, war, history, Nazism.
24 September 2026
“The decline in education is a pan-European trend.” How CTV interpreted the PISA test results
CTV anchors described German students’ performance on the PISA test as a sign of a systemic crisis, characterizing the decline in scores across individual countries as a pan-European trend. Germany’s results were the worst in its history of participating in the study. However, the decline affected most countries worldwide. Many European participants, however, remained above or at the average level of developed countries.
misrepresentation, Belarus, Europe, Germany, France, CTV TV channel, Igor Poznyak, Yuliya Aleksiayuk, education, children.
23 September 2026
Is Belarus the seventh safest country in the world? We fact-checked a post from the Belarus Zdes project
Blogger Anton Shabunevich’s Belarus Zdes project reported that Belarus ranked seventh in a global safety ranking, ahead of Poland, Lithuania, and the U.S., among others. However, the authors did not cite the source of the ranking. The Weekly Top Fake team examined major international indices and found that Belarus is not even among the 40 safest countries.
fabrication, Belarus, Belarus Here Project, Anton Shabunevich, achievements.
22 September 2026
€1,000 for a piece of concrete? A Belarusian Radio host grossly overstated the cost of the fortifications along the Baltic Defense Line
Maksim Kharyn, the host of the Ekspertnyi Klub show, claimed that each concrete “dragon’s tooth” costs the Baltic States €1,000. The Weekly Top Fake team examined procurement data from Latvia and Lithuania and discovered that the actual price was only about a third to a quarter of that amount.
misrepresentation, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Maxim Kharin, army, armament.
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