Last fakes of the week
04 November 2026
Azaronak claims to have found words about Europe’s superiority in the EU anthem. However, the official anthem has no lyrics
TV host Ryhor Azaronak claimed that the EU anthem promotes the idea that European values and systems of government are the only correct ones. The Weekly Top Fake team verified this information on the official EU website and in Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy.” The official anthem has no lyrics. The poem Beethoven used is about the brotherhood of humankind and makes no claims about Europe’s superiority.
fabrication, European Union, YouTube show Azaryonok. Directly, Ryhor Azaronak, politics, European values, art.
03 November 2026
Ammunition for an offensive? News.by distorted the remarks of the NATO Deputy Secretary General regarding the fivefold increase in production capacity
The First News Channel* claimed that NATO increased its ammunition production fivefold over the past year and is preparing for a large-scale offensive. Presenters cited remarks by the Alliance’s Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Šekerinska, to support this claim. The Weekly Top Fake team examined the recording. Šekerinska was discussing production capacity, or the capability of manufacturing facilities, rather than the quantity of products manufactured. She made her remarks during a...
misrepresentation, Ukraine, NATO, The First News Channel news.by, war, army, NATO, armament.
01 November 2026
Do Ukrainian women need a deferment from military service to receive protection in the EU? News.by misrepresented the new rules
Anna Litash, host of the Po Forme show on the First News Channel*, said Ukrainian men and women must prove they have not evaded military service or they may lose their temporary protection in the EU. The Weekly Top Fake team examined the EU Council’s decision and the European Commission’s clarifications. While the new requirement does exist, it only applies to new applicants. It does not require all Ukrainian women to obtain a deferment, nor does it provide for a review of the status of...
misrepresentation, Ukraine, European Union, The First News Channel news.by, Anna Chizh-Litash, war, migration, refugees.
31 October 2026
Hihin attributed the Alternative for Germany party’s victories to its demand to halt aid to Ukraine. Voters cited other priorities
Vadzim Hihin, the director general of the National Library of Belarus, stated that ending aid to Ukraine was the main demand of voters in eastern Germany. He added that this was one of the primary reasons for the victory of the party Alternative for Germany in the state elections. The Weekly Top Fake team analyzed the polls and discovered that many party supporters indeed favor cutting aid. However, when asked to explain their choice, more AfD voters cited security, migration, and social...
misrepresentation, Ukraine, Germany, Belarus Today, Alpha Radio, Vadzim Hihin, war, politics, elections.
30 October 2026
“Leave the CIS, and you’re in for a war.” Azaronak mixed up the sequence of events in Georgia and Ukraine
TV host Ryhor Azaronak claimed that the wars in Georgia and Ukraine began after those countries withdrew from the CIS. This was his way of explaining the benefits of participating in the Commonwealth. However, the chronology shows the opposite. Georgia did not announce its withdrawal until after the war with Russia began in August 2008. Meanwhile, Ukraine began scaling back its participation in the organization following Russia’s aggression in 2014. Moreover, armed conflicts also occurred...
misrepresentation, Russia, Ukraine, The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Georgia, YouTube channel Ryhor Azaronak. Belarus , Ryhor Azaronak, war, politics.
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