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Publication date: 27 July 2026 Claim A presenter on Belarusian state television channel CTV claimed that Europe had classified air conditioners as luxury items because of the green agenda, leaving Europeans without affordable cooling and putting the

Publication date: 23 July 2026 Claim Belarusian political commentator Piotr Piatrouski claimed that Ukrainians had never wanted to join NATO and that the membership course was imposed on society after 2014. Verdict False / misleading. Support for NAT

Publication date: 20 July 2026 Claim A broadcast on the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio claimed that the Baltic states lost their industries, railways and transport systems after joining the European Union. The formula was sweeping: "no ra

Publication date: 16 July 2026 Claim Belarusian state television channel STV reported that significantly more people in Lithuania support easing or fully removing sanctions on Belarus than maintaining or tightening the current policy. Verdict Mislead

Publication date: 2026-07-13 Claim Videos designed to look like reports by established media circulated on social platforms and anonymous Telegram channels. One claimed that Poland was preparing to deport 50,000 Ukrainians because relations with Ukra

Publication date: 2026-07-09 Claim There are accounts in Latvia's Russian-speaking political TikTok space that are operated from Belarus. Some readings turn this into a broader claim: that hidden foreign control over Latvia's Russian-speaking politic

Publication date: 2026-07-06 Claim Polish-language Radio Belarus channels on TikTok, YouTube, X and Facebook were ordinary foreign media and did not create a meaningful risk for Polish elections, despite EU sanctions against the Belarusian state broa

Publication date: 2026-07-02 Claim Belarusian and pro-Kremlin framing described the balloon incidents from Belarus into Lithuania as ordinary cigarette smuggling, while portraying Lithuania's response as excessive, panicked or aimed at military escal

Publication date: 2026-06-29 Claim Social media posts and Kremlin-aligned narratives claim that Lithuania is secretly preparing a facility to import and store radioactive waste from across Europe, creating a risk of environmental disaster. Verdict Fa

Publication date: 2026-06-25 Claim A narrative in the Russian-language and Belarus-linked information space claimed that Lithuanian authorities are creating panic about threats from the east, preparing mass evacuation, and sacrificing citizens' wellb

Publication date: 2026-06-22 Claim A narrative circulated on social media claiming that Lithuania is allegedly not an independent state because its currency, migration policy, border control and security policy are connected to the EU and NATO. Verdi

Publication date: 2026-06-18 Claim Belarusian authorities have claimed that terrorist sleeper cells were uncovered in Belarus and were linked to Germany, the United States, Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, as well as to plans for violent regime change.

Publication date: 2026-06-15 Claim Facebook and Instagram ads in Russian and other languages claimed to represent Interpol, Europol or cyber police and promised to help online scam victims recover lost money. Verdict False. Interpol does not offer a

Publication date: 11 June 2026 Claim Belarusian state media claimed that Europe is facing a wave of repression against dates linked to the victory over Nazism, and that May 9 commemorations and flower laying are effectively banned. Verdict Misleading

Publication date: 2026-06-08 Claim When Belarusian state media cite the Polish-language site Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny, this looks like independent confirmation from Poland. Verdict Misleading. A Polish-language source does not make the material

Publication date: 2026-06-04 Claim Belarusian official sources and Alexander Lukashenko claim that Western sanctions and transit restrictions on Belarusian potash fertilizers threaten global food security and harm countries that need fertilizers. Ver

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Publication date: 2026-06-01 Claim Russia's Foreign Ministry said Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia pursue unlawful policies against Russians and Russian-speaking residents, including bans on the Russian language, rewriting history and persecution of dis

Publication date: 2026-05-30 Claim Belarusian and Russian officials present joint nuclear drills in Belarus as a planned and defensive training event that is not aimed at any specific country and does not threaten regional security. Verdict Missing c

Publication date: 29 May 2026 Claim Belarusian state media and related pro-Kremlin messaging regularly portray Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and other EU countries as a military threat to Belarus and as participants in aggressive pressure agains