{"id":3353,"date":"2025-04-07T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2025-04-20T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:53:52","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheck.lt\/eng\/news\/eu_repressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals that never happened: how Belarusian TV is making up repressions in Europe","raw":"Reprisals that never happened: how Belarusian TV is making up repressions in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 6, 2025, a video titled: “Le Pen’s sentence and Gutsul’s detention: democracy destroys all principles of people’s power. Full Europe” was posted on the NEWS.BY YouTube channel.
\nIn particular, it contained the following statements:<\/p>\n

The fate of the head of Gagauzia, Evgeniya Gutsul, is no less sad. Moldovan authorities, who have parliamentary elections coming up, have clearly decided to get rid of all dissent. And if possible, of the pro-Russian autonomy as well. The Moldovan politician was detained as part of a case regarding illegal financing of the election campaign during the 2023 elections. Maia Sandu, the current President of Moldova, received less than 3% of the votes. The same goes for the referendum, what she said about European integration, was also failed in Gagauzia. I think somewhere it shows through… Of course, not much attention is drawn to this story. The country is small, not rich, and also obedient, because it’s going to the EU. Or rather, it’s being led there. Sandu and company have literally usurped power with foreign money. At night, she lost the presidential election. And to prevent this from happening again, they decided to deal with the fragile woman. But they slightly miscalculated. They can’t fabricate a convincing case, and what’s happening with Gutsul has made her a symbol of Moldovan resistance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our verdict based on the conducted analyses:<\/p>\n

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Verdict: Incorrect<\/h2>\n

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\nReasons:<\/p>\n