What Belarusian State TV Says on YouTube — February 2026

Methodology: AI-Powered Transcript Analysis

Analysis of 1,603 YouTube video transcripts published in February 2026 by 5 Belarusian state media channels. Each transcript analyzed using GPT-5-mini with a structured taxonomy of 20 propaganda techniques, 10 narrative categories, emotional tone classification, geographic targeting, and FIMI indicators. Visual analysis of thumbnails (clickbait, framing, text-image misalignment) based on visual_objects data.

Five Channels — Five Roles in a Single System

Chief anti-Western mouthpiece

SBTV

FIMI: 62.6%
Propaganda: 6.21/10
Videos: 302

Fear channel

CTV

FIMI: 50.9%
Propaganda: 5.40/10
Videos: 369

Hybrid: fear + anti-West

NEWS.BY

FIMI: 48.5%
Propaganda: 5.36/10
Videos: 237

Personality cult machine

BelTA

FIMI: 31.3%
Propaganda: 4.44/10
Videos: 351

Façade of objectivity

ONT

FIMI: 41.9%
Propaganda: 4.97/10
Videos: 344

Propaganda Techniques: Quantitative Analysis

All techniques (N=1603)

Techniques by channel (top 7)

Examples: High-Risk Propaganda

APPEAL TO FEAR

Сотни ударов Ирана по базам США! Израиль собирает армию! #иран #сша #израиль #война #новости

CTV · 6,751,791 views · prop=7/10 · fear_inducing

APPEAL TO AUTHORITY

Жириновский предвидел удары США по Ирану #жириновский #сша #иран #политика #трамп

CTV · 6,552,723 views · prop=8/10 · fear_inducing

DEMONIZATION

Жириновский: С Украиной мы не договоримся ни о чём #жириновский #украина #новости #политика #россия

CTV · 3,531,108 views · prop=8/10 · fear_inducing

APPEAL TO FEAR

Германия отказалась участвовать в чудовищном плане Парижа и Лондона #украина #сво #новости #политика

CTV · 1,486,770 views · prop=7/10 · fear_inducing

APPEAL TO FEAR

Минск и Москва не промахнутся! Что ждет Польшу в случае агрессии

SBTV · 1,418,581 views · prop=8/10 · fear_inducing

APPEAL TO FEAR

У Трампа больше нет выхода! Эксперт о последствиях ударов по Ирану #иран #сша #израиль #война

CTV · 1,113,466 views · prop=7/10 · fear_inducing

Emotional Strategy: The Fear–Calm Pendulum

Emotional tone by channel

Dominant Narratives

Narratives by channel

Framing Strategies

Framing strategies by channel

Clickbait and Views

Median views by clickbait score

Avg clickbait by channel

Which Propaganda Works Best?

Median views by technique

Median views by tone

Weekly Dynamics

Techniques by week

Tone by week

Geographic Targeting

Countries

Entities

FIMI: Foreign Information Manipulation

FIMI %

Risk Levels

Risk by channel

Text-Image Misalignment

By channel

By technique

Template Production

Channel	Unique	Duplicates	%
SBTV	302	23	7.1%
ONT	364	2	0.5%
BelTA	361	1	0.3%
CTV	401	0	0.0%
NEWS.BY	245	0	0.0%

Conclusions

Average propaganda score: 5.24/10. FIMI: 46.5%. High risk: 11.7%.