Signal
Submitted
Aug 14, 2026, 17:35 UTC
Latvian politician Aleksejs Rosļikovs gave a disinformative interview to a top Belarusian propagandist spreading false narratives about Latvian national identity and election processes, while Belarusian regime official Marats Markovs orchestrates Belarusian propaganda efforts.
Aleksejs Rosļikovs appeared in an interview with Marats Markovs, a leading Belarusian propagandist and senior official in the Lukashenko regime's ideological directorate. During the interview, Rosļikovs made numerous false and contradictory claims, including that the Latgalians are actually Livonians and not true Latvians despite being the ancestors of the Latvian nation, and fabricated stories about Latvian security services allegedly besieging and occupying the Central Election Commission building during the European Parliament elections while simultaneously admitting his party sent no observers to those elections. Rosļikovs also suggested Ursula von der Leyen personally organized a special operation to seize the election commission building to secure her re-election. The propagandist Markovs is described as a KGB protege and long-time ideological servant of the Lukashenko regime. The interview aims at disinformation, historical distortion, and propaganda designed to undermine Latvian national identity and promote Belarusian regime narratives. The source condemns Rosļikovs’ participation with Belarusian propaganda and notes his disinformation and distortions regarding Latvian history and politics.
Confidence: High
Direct propaganda efforts by a known senior Belarusian regime propagandist to spread false and divisive narratives targeting Latvian national identity and election integrity indicate hostile hybrid warfare activity.
Source URL
https://x.com/MaratQasem/status/2087799792269168837
Source reliability
C
Info credibility
3
Event time
Aug 13, 2026, 07:13 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Latvia
Primary actor
Marats Markovs
Country
Latvia
Countries
Latvia
Tags
Belarusian propaganda, Disinformation, Latvian politics, Election interference, Historical revisionism, Ursula von der Leyen, Marats Markovs, Aleksejs Rosļikovs
Signal
Submitted
Aug 14, 2026, 17:35 UTC
Latvian politician Aleksejs Rosļikovs gave a disinformative interview to a top Belarusian propagandist spreading false narratives about Latvian national identity and election processes, while Belarusian regime official Marats Markovs orchestrates Belarusian propaganda efforts.
Aleksejs Rosļikovs appeared in an interview with Marats Markovs, a leading Belarusian propagandist and senior official in the Lukashenko regime's ideological directorate. During the interview, Rosļikovs made numerous false and contradictory claims, including that the Latgalians are actually Livonians and not true Latvians despite being the ancestors of the Latvian nation, and fabricated stories about Latvian security services allegedly besieging and occupying the Central Election Commission building during the European Parliament elections while simultaneously admitting his party sent no observers to those elections. Rosļikovs also suggested Ursula von der Leyen personally organized a special operation to seize the election commission building to secure her re-election. The propagandist Markovs is described as a KGB protege and long-time ideological servant of the Lukashenko regime. The interview aims at disinformation, historical distortion, and propaganda designed to undermine Latvian national identity and promote Belarusian regime narratives. The source condemns Rosļikovs’ participation with Belarusian propaganda and notes his disinformation and distortions regarding Latvian history and politics.
Confidence: High
Direct propaganda efforts by a known senior Belarusian regime propagandist to spread false and divisive narratives targeting Latvian national identity and election integrity indicate hostile hybrid warfare activity.
Source URL
https://x.com/MaratQasem/status/2087799792269168837
Source reliability
C
Info credibility
3
Event time
Aug 13, 2026, 07:13 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Latvia
Primary actor
Marats Markovs
Country
Latvia
Countries
Latvia
Tags
Belarusian propaganda, Disinformation, Latvian politics, Election interference, Historical revisionism, Ursula von der Leyen, Marats Markovs, Aleksejs Rosļikovs