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Antifake / Factcheck 17 December 2021

Увесь свет пачуў, як Мэркель назвала Лукашэнку прэзідэнтам. А Курапаты – гэта апазіцыйны анклаў непадалёк ад Менску, куды замежныя паслы сталі хадзіць толькі 2 гады таму

Вядоўца «Альфа-Радыё» Алёна Радоўская ў эфіры тэлеканалу СТВ заявіла, што ўвесь свет пачуў, як Мэркель называе Лукашэнку прэзідэнтам

Other fakes of week:

A million hectares in two months? How Editors’ Club hosts “handed out” Ukrainian land to foreigners

Will grain prices for Germans and French consumers triple? Syrakvash presented Latvia’s transit tariff as a threat to European prices

€700 billion for war? Belarusian Radio attributed the entire difference between current and planned EU budgets to military spending

“Seize the private savings of EU citizens.” How SB turned voluntary investments into the confiscation of savings

Did the population of the cities in Western Belarus decrease while they were under Polish rule? Vadzim Hihin began his count 11 years before incorporation into Poland

Other publications

Antifake / Factcheck “One of the worst indicators.” CTV news anchors confused labor productivity in Germany with its growth rate

Over the past 30 years, labor productivity in Germany has increased by 35.4%. In 2025, it was nearly three times higher than in Belarus.

07 September 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck “The difference is simply enormous.” On state TV, all members of the BRSM were counted as volunteers when comparing the number of volunteers in Belarus and the EU

Fewer than 10% of BRSM members are volunteers, whereas 17% of European youth surveyed were involved in volunteer work.

05 September 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck An SBTV host claimed that EU countries are blocking Ukrainian grain. Meanwhile, transit is increasing

In August, the number of railcars transporting Ukrainian grain through Romania surged from two per day in July to nearly 50 per day.

04 September 2026 Read Article

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