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The Young Guard. How teenagers in Belarus are being groomed for a military future disguised as patriotic education
Investigations The Young Guard. How teenagers in Belarus are being groomed for a military future disguised as patriotic education

We spoke with mothers whose children are taught to shoot, encouraged to develop a sense of affinity with the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, and instructed on what it means to “be a man”.

04/10 Read Article
Double agent  Belarusian company transported to Russia banned solvent used in chemical weapons
Investigations Double agent Belarusian company transported to Russia banned solvent used in chemical weapons

Supplier has links to three of Lukashenko’s “money bags”.

30/09 Read Article
Dubai “Wallet”: How Lukashenko’s Arab Partner Built a Business Network in Lithuania and Stayed Beyond Sanctions
Investigations Dubai “Wallet”: How Lukashenko’s Arab Partner Built a Business Network in Lithuania and Stayed Beyond Sanctions

А member of the Seimas promises consequences after the release of BIC’s investigation.

22/09 Read Article
Support under the radar. Who is supplying drones from Belarus to Russia despite the bans
Investigations Support under the radar. Who is supplying drones from Belarus to Russia despite the bans

BIC uncovered shipments of drones to companies tied to Russia’s military-industrial complex.

14/09 Read Article
"My contract has ended, no one is letting me go”. How Russian trenches became a trap for some Belarusians
Investigations "My contract has ended, no one is letting me go”. How Russian trenches became a trap for some Belarusians

11/09 Read Article
Dana Holdings escapes EU sanctions: The company is replaced by a shell firm
Investigations Dana Holdings escapes EU sanctions: The company is replaced by a shell firm

Sanctions were retroactively applied to a clone company that had been set up after the introduction of economic restrictions.

28/08 Read Article
Chicken feet war: How Lukashenko's cronies made millions, but lost the Chinese poultry market for Belarus
Investigations Chicken feet war: How Lukashenko's cronies made millions, but lost the Chinese poultry market for Belarus

BIC has uncovered the first known instance of Belarus deceiving a strategic partner—and it wasn’t Russia.

26/08 Read Article
Ukrainian oligarch wanted: How a bank owned by Lukashenko's "moneybag" helped invest in arms trade
Investigations Ukrainian oligarch wanted: How a bank owned by Lukashenko's "moneybag" helped invest in arms trade

Following a fatal accident, Petro Dyminskyy fled Ukraine, received a Greek "golden visa" and ran business in five countries, using Belarusian banks for arms deals.

18/08 Read Article
Vitebskiy zavod radiodetaley produces components for the Russian military-industrial complex, including on equipment sourced from the EU
Investigations Vitebskiy zavod radiodetaley produces components for the Russian military-industrial complex, including on equipment sourced from the EU

The Vitebsk Radio Components Plant “Monolit” has shipped more than $40 million worth of goods to Russia since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

13/08 Read Article
How Lukashenko’s cronies make money from the state-owned giant Grodno Azot
Investigations How Lukashenko’s cronies make money from the state-owned giant Grodno Azot

The enterprise lost about a third of its export revenue to the EU.

15/07 Read Article
Sanctions evasion routes switch to Latvia as Poland tightens control
Investigations Sanctions evasion routes switch to Latvia as Poland tightens control

Almost half of the Belarusan state monopolist Grodno Azot's exports went to the EU in 2024.

22/06 Read Article
Secret patients: Who was treated in Belarus’ hospitals during the Russian march on Kyiv
Investigations Secret patients: Who was treated in Belarus’ hospitals during the Russian march on Kyiv

The Belarusian Investigative Center has found that Russian soldiers suspected of killing civilians in Ukraine were among patients in Belarus' hospitals in 2022.

10/06 Read Article
Fashionable scheme. Belarusian company violates sanctions by bringing luxury goods to Russia
Investigations Fashionable scheme. Belarusian company violates sanctions by bringing luxury goods to Russia

OOO Torgovyi Dom Exporttorg, аn intermediary linked to one of Aleksandr Lukashenko's "moneybags", uses artificially low prices in customs documents to circumvent sanctions.

27/05 Read Article
Shelter from Interpol. Insight into new life and business of Finnish criminal who fled to Belarus
Investigations Shelter from Interpol. Insight into new life and business of Finnish criminal who fled to Belarus

Europol has also issued an arrest warrant for the Finn.

20/05 Read Article
On Two Fronts: How a Belarusian Company that Worked with Global Big Tech Giants Supplied Goods to the Russian Military-Industrial Complex
Investigations On Two Fronts: How a Belarusian Company that Worked with Global Big Tech Giants Supplied Goods to the Russian Military-Industrial Complex

Defense client deal volume presumably reached $200 million over three years.

24/04 Read Article
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