Last fakes of the week
13 June 2026
“Just let them stop the fighting” A guest on Radio-Minsk distorted Ukrainian sociological data
Aliaksandr Pastalouski, deputy director for scientific work at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said the number of Ukrainians supporting the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donetsk Region to end the war is growing by 5 to 6 percent every month. However, data from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) does not support this claim. In recent months, Ukrainians’ opinions have not changed significantly, and the majority still...
misrepresentation, Ukraine, Radio Minsk, Alexander Postalovsky, war.
12 June 2026
A News.by host discussed Polish emigration but overlooked Belarusians
Siarhei Husachenka, the host of the First Information TV Channel, said that 2 million people left Poland after it joined the EU, and Poles continue to leave en masse for economic reasons. However, mass emigration from Poland began before the country joined the European Union. The current proportion of Poles living abroad long-term is similar to the proportion of Belarusians living outside Belarus.
misrepresentation, Poland, Belarus, European Union, First Information TV Channel news.by, Siarhei Husachenka, migration, demography.
11 June 2026
Is one in six Latvians a government official? A Belarus-RTR guest counted doctors, teachers, and the military personnel as bureaucrats
Every sixth resident of Latvia is a government official, according to Aleksejs Rosļikovs, a former member of the Latvian Saeima, who made this statement on the Belarus-RTR TV channel. He estimates that there are around 300,000 government officials in the country. However, this is a concept manipulation: it is roughly the number of public-sector workers in Latvia. This figure encompasses not only the state apparatus, but also schools, hospitals, the police, the army, the fire-fighting service,...
misrepresentation, Latvia, RTR-Belarus, Alexey Roslikov, sociology, demography.
10 June 2026
“They owe their literacy to the Russians.” Colonel Bogodel’s revision of Baltic history
According to military expert Andrey Bogodel, the Baltic peoples became literate thanks to the Russians who arrived in 1940. However, this is a myth. By the time of the Soviet occupation, most residents of the Baltic States were already literate. In Estonia and Latvia, high levels of literacy were recorded as early as the end of the 19th century.
misrepresentation, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Radio Minsk, Andrey Bogodel, education.
09 June 2026
“Approximately 70% of Europe’s mineral waters.” How Radio Minsk found Belarus’s mineral water dominance
fabrication, Belarus, Europe, Radio Minsk, Kirill Kazakov, economy, healthy eating, ecology.
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