Last fakes of the week
24 January 2026
News.by host misrepresented facts three times while exposing German "green ideologues"
Yauhen Horyn, host of the “Trends” program, stated that the decommissioning of a coal plant and Germany’s exit from nuclear energy led to a power grid collapse in Berlin over the New Year. The Weekly Top Fake team discovered that a different factor was responsible for the power and heating outage.
misrepresentation, Germany, First Information TV Channel news.by, Evgeniy Gorin, holidays, economy, green energy.
23 January 2026
How can one stay in Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" without paying the membership fee? Alexander Lukashenko claimed he found a way, and we fact-checked it
misrepresentation, Belarus, world, BelTA, Alexander Lukashenko, politics.
22 January 2026
State television reported on Christmas tree arsons in the EU and the UK but used footage from China, Egypt, and Argentina
During their broadcasts, CTV and ONT claimed that migrants in Europe and the UK are rioting, burning Christmas trees, and attacking churches. To support these claims, they aired several video clips, including a fire at an Amsterdam church and footage of burning trees, which they linked to the "Islamization of Europe." The Weekly Top Fake team fact-checked these reports and found that some of the footage was filmed in different countries and under different circumstances.
misrepresentation, European Union, United Kingdom, CTV TV channel, All-National TV channel, Igor Poznyak, migration, holidays.
19 January 2026
Equality achieved? Women’s Union head’s wage claims clash with Belstat data
In early 2026, Volha Shpileuskaya, head of the Belarusian Union of Women, claimed on the “Aktualny Mikrafon” program that gender pay equity has been achieved in Belarus and that wages are based only on competencies. The Weekly Top Fake team compared these remarks with Belstat’s gender statistics on the wage gap and the representation of women in leadership positions. Statistics show that, on average, men in the country earn more than women, and the proportion of women in senior management...
misrepresentation, Belarus, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Volha Shpileuskaya, achievements, salaries in Belarus, discrimination.
17 January 2026
“One in four drivers has switched.” How ONT inflated the popularity of electric vehicles in Belarus
In early January, a segment on the ONT program “Kontury” about changes to duty-free import rules claimed that one in four drivers had switched to eco-friendly transport. The Weekly Top Fake team compared this assessment with data on registered electric vehicles in Belarus and the total number of passenger cars. We discovered that the state-run television channel significantly exaggerated the popularity of electric vehicles.
misrepresentation, Belarus, All-National TV channel, statistics, cars sale, electric cars.
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