There were empty morning sofas and many reruns when journalists on the Belarusian state television and radio channel BT went on strike almost three weeks ago.
More than 600 journalists on the channel signed the appeal against the country's state-controlled media and about a hundred resigned in protest.
President Lukashenko has previously said he has invited "specialists" from Russia to cover up for the Belarusian journalists who have left the channel - something that Reporters Without Borders now confirms.
Since August 18, a total of 15 people have been on site and covered for editors, producers and technicians.
The staff comes from the Russian, state-owned channel RT.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the action
In a press release, Reporters Without Borders writes that the Russian specialists are involved in maintaining control over state media.
"After all, we are talking about propaganda apparatus where the employees follow the directives that the managers have received from the regime, not any independent news coverage," writes Erik Halkjaer, chairman of Reporters without Borders in Sweden, in an email.
Since the Russian staff took over the channel BT, they have used content from Russian RT, Reporters Without Borders writes further.
News coverage has also to a greater extent been replaced by Russian or Ukrainian expert opinions.
Worst in Europe on press freedom
73 sites are blocked in Belarus, the newspaper Journalisten reports.
This is to prevent residents from taking part in information about the ongoing protests in the country, where people are now demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Last week, about 50 journalists were detained, among them Paul Hansen, a photographer at Dagens Nyheter.
He was released later that evening with the help of the Swedish embassy.
To work as a foreign journalist in Belarus, you must have a press accreditation - something the country has stopped distributing since June this year.
According to the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, Belarus is the lowest-ranked country in Europe, along with Russia and Turkey.