Last fakes of the week
30 July 2026
Cheap doesn’t mean affordable: News.by misrepresented a cost-of-living ranking as a measure of affordability
The hosts of the Main Broadcast program on the First News Channel stated that Minsk is exceptionally attractive in terms of its balance of well-being and spending. They cited Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index as evidence. However, this ranking only compares price levels. To determine a city’s affordability for its residents, you need to consider another indicator: the local purchasing power index.
misrepresentation, Belarus, The First News Channel news.by, economy, achievements.
29 July 2026
“The fee isn’t going up.” Political analyst Lazutkin was wrong about tuition fees at Belarusian universities…
Political analyst Andrei Lazutkin made this statement on the program Azaryonok. Napryamuyu that tuition fees for paid university programs in Belarus have not increased in many years. The WTF team reviewed tuition fees at the largest public universities and found that education costs have risen almost every year since 2020.
misrepresentation, Belarus, YouTube show Azaryonok. Directly, Andrey Lazutkin, education.
28 July 2026
“People Have Nowhere to Relax…” Belarusian Radio’s Misplaced Pity for the Baltic States
Following the opening of the Slavianski Bazaar festival, a guest on Belarusian Radio guest claimed that the Baltic States had no festivals comparable to the one in Vitsebsk, supposedly leaving residents with no opportunities for recreation and preventing their economies from developing. They cited Jūrmala, where the New Wave Festival was held until it relocated in 2014. However, this competition was not the only musical event in the region. Today, dozens of festivals take place in the Baltic...
misrepresentation, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Yulya Abukhovich, cultural events.
27 July 2026
“Ukraine named after Lenin.” Azaronak attributed this claim to ideological enemies, but Putin was the one who promoted it
Ryhor Azaronak claimed that online idiots allegedly paid by Ukrainian PsyOps units were promoting the idea that Lenin created Ukraine and denying Ukraine’s existence. But Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and Russian propagandists had been promoting precisely such claims for years.
misrepresentation, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, YouTube show Azaryonok. Directly, Ryhor Azaronak, history, politics.
25 July 2026
“They are selling equipment from the Ignalina NPP.” A Belarusian Radio expert mistakenly identified the export of Lithuanian equipment as the sale of nuclear reactors
Solomon Bernstein, a Latvian vlogger and political analyst, stated on the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio that Lithuania is allegedly still profiting from the sale of equipment from the decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. He cited the product group “Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers” as evidence. This group accounts for about 5% of Lithuanian exports. However, the figure refers to a broad product category, not to exports of nuclear reactors.
misrepresentation, Lithuania, First national channel of Belarusian radio, Solomon Bernstein, economy, infrastructure.
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