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New blood for Belarusian propaganda

A Latvian National Youth Guard instructor holds a Latvian flag in front of the Latvian Radio building during the symbolic lighting of a bonfire commemorating the 1991 barricades on Dome Square in Riga, Latvia. January 20, 2026. Photo: Gints Ivuskans / AFP / East News
A Latvian National Youth Guard instructor holds a Latvian flag in front of the Latvian Radio building during the symbolic lighting of a bonfire commemorating the 1991 barricades on Dome Square in Riga, Latvia. January 20, 2026. Photo: Gints Ivuskans / AFP / East News

From time to time, Lukashenka's propagandists feature people who have moved from Latvia and are ready to tell "the whole brutal truth" about the suffering in their much-hated homeland. Most often, these are so-called no-names or people with very specific reputations – such as pro-Kremlin propagandist Yury Aliakseyeu from IMHOclub.