Last fakes of the week
09 December 2025
Political analyst Lazutkin distorted the facts about Poland’s demographic situation three times
Fewer than 5% of Poles want a third child, and parental leave in the country is paid for only four months, political analyst Andrei Lazutkin claimed. The Weekly Top Fake team checked his statements and compared Poland’s demographic trends with those in Belarus.
misrepresentation, Poland, Belarus, Minskaya pravda, Andrey Lazutkin, statistics, demography.
08 December 2025
Opportunity or threat? The host of “Frankly in the Kitchen” distorted the results of a Polish survey and predicted that exiles would be thrown out of the country
Belarusians and Ukrainians will be expelled from Poland because locals supposedly see migrants as a threat, Victoria Kirichenko claimed. The host of “Frankly in the Kitchen” pointed to the findings of a recent survey of Poles. The Weekly Top Fake team checked what in her statement is true — and what is simply made up.
misrepresentation, Poland, Evening political channel, Victoria Kirichenko, migration, statistics.
04 December 2025
Will the EU demand that Ukraine repay its loan? We looked into the Belarusian silovik channel’s manipulation
The authors of the Belarusian_silovik Telegram channel claimed the European Union wants Ukraine to pay back an interim loan. The Weekly Top Fake team checked what the actual terms are.
misrepresentation, Ukraine, European Union, Telegram channel Belarusian silovik, politics, war.
03 December 2025
“Destroyed Karatkevich…” A fake from political analyst Piotr Piatrouski about wiping out Belarusian street names in Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania
Political analyst Piotr Piatrouski claimed that authorities in Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania are wiping out the memory of Belarusian cultural figures by renaming streets and removing monuments — including, possibly, the monument to Uladzimir Karatkevich in Kyiv. The Weekly Top Fake team examined what actually happened to the monument and to streets named after Janka Kupala, Jakub Kolas and Branislau Tarashkevich.
misrepresentation, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, YouTube show Azaryonok. Directly, Piotr Piatrouski, art, history.
01 December 2025
Terror attack or staged show… Belarusian political analysts called the sabotage on Poland’s railway a scripted event
The explosion on Poland’s railway was a staged act that Polish authorities supposedly labeled a terrorist attack. That’s how Belarusian political analysts interpreted what happened next door. The Weekly Top Fake team found that these local experts distorted the events.
misrepresentation, Poland, Radio Minsk, International Radio Belarus, Yuri Voskresensky, Vadzim Yalfimau, Piotr Piatrouski, accidents.
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