Belarusian propaganda is finally disappointed in Trump: the entire collective West, including the U.S., is an enemy again. Belarus is called an ally of two great powers – Russia and China, emphasizing that such a privilege is available to a few.
They continue to build Lukashenka’s personality cult inside the country, adding more and more references to 1937 to the rhetoric about a strong leader who saved the country. Read more in the iSANS propaganda review for July
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Belarus
- Two important ideological events took place in July: “Independence Day” (July 3) and the anniversary of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s first election as president (July 10). Propaganda used these dates to extol Belarus’s achievements and Lukashenka’s personal merits.
- The trend towards the re-Stalinization of propaganda language is becoming increasingly noticeable. Regime-controlled channels continue to create a cult of personality around Lukashenka, using Soviet experience and Stalinist rhetoric from the 1930s.
- The alliance between Belarus, Russia, and China is glorified as a unique achievement that only “a few countries in the world” can boast of.
- The ideological crackdown on representatives of Belarusian democratic forces continues. In July, propagandists threatened dissidents with repression, called on the authorities to shoot them, intimidated relatives of those who had left the country, and forced them to record “repentance videos”.
Ukraine
- Propaganda continues to justify and legitimize Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.
- The practice of shifting blame for war crimes from the aggressor to the victim is widely used. In July, they accused Ukraine of using chemical weapons.
- State media actively commented on the anti-corruption protests that took place in Ukraine in July, calling them a “new Maidan” that would “bring down Zelenskyy’s government.”
The West
- The West continues to be portrayed in state media narratives as a “hostile alliance” seeking to weaken the union between Belarus and Russia.
- The main efforts to discredit and spread misinformation are directed against Poland and the Baltic states as the closest neighbors pursuing a tough and consistent policy against Lukashenka and Putin.
- Pro-government commentators have finally lost faith in Donald Trump and are starting to trash and insult him like they do all other Western leaders.
- At the same time, Minsk does not forget to make “peaceful” statements from time to time, calling for a return to “business as usual.”
- Propaganda eagerly uses visits by foreign “friends of Belarus” to glorify and legitimize the Lukashenka regime.
You can read or download the whole monitoring of propaganda in Belarus for July 2025 at this link.
Материал доступен на русском языке: «Будь проклята свобода!». Основные нарративы беларусской пропаганды в июле 2025 года
