Belta.by as a RU cyber tool
Bel-TA: An Analysis of a Union State Information Warfare Asset Created by: n̷ y̷ l̷ a̷ r̷ Bel-TA: An Analysis of a Union State Information Warfare Asset I. Strategic Overview This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA), the state-owned national news agency of the Republic of Belarus. The assessment, based on open-source intelligence, concludes that BelTA is not a conventional media organization but a fully integrated instrument of state power. It operates as a primary tool for internal information control for the regime of Aleksandr Lukashenka and, of increasing strategic importance, functions as a forward-deployed asset within the information warfare doctrine of the Russia-Belarus Union State. BelTA's legal structure as a "republican unitary enterprise" solidifies its status as an arm of the Belarusian government, with a mandate to disseminate official narratives. Its leadershi...