After gaining popularity in 2020, it was renamed "Sovetskaya Belorussiya", parodying another Belarusian media outlet, SB.

The channel's author writes satirical news-style notes and parodies Belarusian state-run publications.

The Telegram channel was created in October 2019 under the name "ШUT.BY"[α] and initially served as a personal "notebook" for satirical observations.

[1] The first satirical news item was titled "Belarus Withdraws from the Agreement on Reducing the Number of Eggs in a Carton".

The next day, it became evident that the channel had been hacked, with posts mocking members of the Belarusian Democratic Opposition.

A judge from the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk found the man guilty under two articles of the Administrative Code of the Republic of Belarus and sentenced him to 25 days of arrest.

[12][13] In 2024, amid heightened Belarusian propaganda about the poverty of the Baltic states, "Sovetskaya Belorussiya" frequently published content about "hungry Latvians".

For instance, on September 27, 2020, Belteleradio shared a "Sovetskaya Belorussiya" post on its Telegram channel, claiming that elderly activist Nina Baginskaya had roughly shoved an OMON officer into a minibus.

[12][13] "The Village Belarus" noted that the channel's authors skillfully use real context, events, and pro-government rhetoric in their posts.