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Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant

Belarusian president suggests joint venture with American firms and Gazprom.

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Александр Лукашенко. Фото: Виктор Толочко / Sputnik

What this story says

  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko proposed involving the United States in a project to build a nitrogen fertilizer plant.
  • Lukashenko stated he has an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Gazprom to participate in the project.
  • A site and necessary networks for the plant have already been selected and exist.
  • If the US does not participate, Belarus and Gazprom will build the plant and sell the product, Lukashenko said.

Who covered it

Left 25%(2)Centre 12%(1)Right 63%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 12 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

41/100

12 sources · methodology

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has proposed that the United States participate in the construction of a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Belarus. He announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Russian energy company Gazprom to be involved in the project. Lukashenko stated that a site for the plant has been selected and the necessary infrastructure is in place.

Lukashenko indicated that if the US declines to participate, Belarus and Gazprom would proceed with building the plant independently and would then sell the fertilizer product. He suggested the US could contribute its technology to the venture.

Coverage comparison

Reports from 11 outlets covered Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's proposal for US involvement in a nitrogen fertilizer plant project. Two outlets, CGTN and fakti.bg, are rated left. Five outlets, EADaily, regionalmedianews.com, The Straits Times, news-pravda.com, and Interfax.ru, are rated right. Four outlets, rmf24.pl, reform.news, 1prime.ru, and belta.by, were not rated.

Omissions

None of the centre-rated outlets covered this story. None of the right-rated digests mention the specific detail that if the US does not participate, Belarus and Gazprom would build the plant and sell the product, a point made in the full report from EADaily and in the unrated belta.by digest.

Tags:#Belarus#FertilizerPlant#Gazprom#USForeignPolicy#InternationalBusiness

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 29 Sept 2026, 12:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

2 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports from CGTN and fakti.bg highlighted Lukashenko's proposal for the United States to join the construction of a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Belarus with Gazprom. Both reports mentioned the agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Gazprom's participation and the selection of a site for the plant. fakti.bg cited Reuters and the state-run BelTA agency as sources for its report.

Centre

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports from EADaily, regionalmedianews.com, The Straits Times, news-pravda.com, and Interfax.ru focused on Lukashenko's proposal for US involvement in the fertilizer plant project with Gazprom. These reports also noted the agreement with Putin concerning Gazprom's participation. EADaily, in its full report, quoted Lukashenko saying, "We should invite the US." It also stated that if the US does not participate, "we will build with Gazprom, the Russians, and sell the finished product." The other right-rated outlets relied on digests, with regionalmedianews.com and The Straits Times citing Belta reports.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant?
Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 25% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 63% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant biased?
Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Lukashenko proposes US involvement in Belarus fertilizer plant?
12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Alexander Lukashenko propose regarding the fertilizer plant?
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko proposed involving the United States in a project to build a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Belarus. He stated that an agreement is in place with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Gazprom to participate and that a suitable site has already been selected.
What happens if the US does not participate in the project?
According to Lukashenko, if the United States does not join the project, Belarus and Gazprom will proceed with building the nitrogen fertilizer plant themselves. They would then sell the finished product on the market.
Which news outlets covered this story?
Eleven outlets reported on Lukashenko's proposal. These included CGTN and fakti.bg (rated left), EADaily, regionalmedianews.com, The Straits Times, news-pravda.com, and Interfax.ru (rated right). Unrated outlets were rmf24.pl, reform.news, 1prime.ru, and belta.by.

Read it at the source

12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

2

Centre

1

Right

5

Not rated

4

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