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A restaurateur's protection  How Minsk gastronomy is connected to the Presidential Sports Club
Investigations A restaurateur's protection How Minsk gastronomy is connected to the Presidential Sports Club

Investigation of black spots on the Minsk gastronomy map.

30/11 Read Article
Silent Money. How Lukashenko's "oil money man" Anatoly Ternavskiy vanished from his companies' records to avoid sanctions
Investigations Silent Money. How Lukashenko's "oil money man" Anatoly Ternavskiy vanished from his companies' records to avoid sanctions

Investigation into the largest "oil wallet" of Lukashenko and simultaneously one of the most non-public.

14/11 Read Article
Shakutsin vs Sanctions Manufacturers left Belarus and Russia market, but the equipment remains
Investigations Shakutsin vs Sanctions Manufacturers left Belarus and Russia market, but the equipment remains

Under the guise of a client, a BIC investigator communicated with a representative of the Belarusian branch of SV Mashiny.

18/10 Read Article
Grodno Azot's window on Europe. How Uzbekistan assists Belarus in bypassing bans and selling fertilisers from a sanctioned enterprise to the EU
Investigations Grodno Azot's window on Europe. How Uzbekistan assists Belarus in bypassing bans and selling fertilisers from a sanctioned enterprise to the EU

EU countries freely buy fertilisers from Belarus.

27/09 Read Article
Bulldozing through sanctions. How Alexander Shackutin, owner of Amkodor, earns money despite embargo
Investigations Bulldozing through sanctions. How Alexander Shackutin, owner of Amkodor, earns money despite embargo

Adding on the Russian market under the guise of import phase-out, the Belarusian company Amkodor relies heavily on parts imported from other countries.

13/09 Read Article
Dark waters of Santa Bremor. Investigation about offshore companies, credit carousel and tax tricks of the "Fish King" Alexander Mashenski
Investigations Dark waters of Santa Bremor. Investigation about offshore companies, credit carousel and tax tricks of the "Fish King" Alexander Mashenski

Santa Bremor promotes itself as a Belarusian-German company, which implies foreign investment. At first glance, this seems to be the case.

04/08 Read Article
Children's special operation. Who takes Ukrainian children to Belarus?
Investigations Children's special operation. Who takes Ukrainian children to Belarus?

Some children from Ukraine were taught to play hockey by former star Dzmitry Baskau. Another group was sent to watch a match with Lukashenko.

31/07 Read Article
Cleaning reputations. How businessman involved of laundering tens of millions of euros received help from Belarus democratic forces in exchange for donations
Investigations Cleaning reputations. How businessman involved of laundering tens of millions of euros received help from Belarus democratic forces in exchange for donations

With this publication, BIC launches a debate on the limits of cooperation between civil society organizations and businessmen whose activities are being questioned by European law enforcement agencies and others.

30/06 Read Article
Undercover of security forces. Who could make millions of dollars on the migration crisis at the EU border, which claimed dozens of lives
Investigations Undercover of security forces. Who could make millions of dollars on the migration crisis at the EU border, which claimed dozens of lives

A new migration crisis is brewing on the border between Belarus and the EU. This time, it is endorsed by Russia.

07/06 Read Article
A corrupt knight. Empire of Lukashenko-linked entrepreneur Zaytsev uses priest as business owners
Investigations A corrupt knight. Empire of Lukashenko-linked entrepreneur Zaytsev uses priest as business owners

The Belarusian entrepreneur is the first member of the Order of St Gregory the Great in the history of Belarus.

21/04 Read Article
Oil mystery. Lukashenko's $1.5 billion debt to Venezuela
Investigations Oil mystery. Lukashenko's $1.5 billion debt to Venezuela

We have a copy of a document dated September 2015 which was prepared for a session with the Belarusian Prime Minister. It indicates the Belarusian authorities did not intend to send the money to Venezuela.

12/04 Read Article
An Asian route to Europe. Belarus never stopped selling sanctioned plywood and pellets to the EU
Investigations An Asian route to Europe. Belarus never stopped selling sanctioned plywood and pellets to the EU

We found out how Belarusian timber floods EU markets via Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

03/04 Read Article
Sergei Teterin's new monopoly forces Belarusians to overpay for European chocolate
Investigations Sergei Teterin's new monopoly forces Belarusians to overpay for European chocolate

A source from the food industry in Belarus claims that it is Teterin’s company BelGlobalGarant that is actually involved in chocolate smuggling.

06/03 Read Article
Leaked: Kremlin set to subjugate Belarus
Investigations Leaked: Kremlin set to subjugate Belarus

BIC head Stanislau Ivashkevich believes that chances are high that the document is authoritative.

21/02 Read Article
How Belarusian fertilizer company get banned nitrogen into Europe through straw companies
Investigations How Belarusian fertilizer company get banned nitrogen into Europe through straw companies

Belarusian authorities are directly involved: one of the straw companies has been set up by the Hrodna District Executive Committee.

20/02 Read Article
Politician, fraudster, and businessman from Belarus kept money in Swiss bank
Investigations Politician, fraudster, and businessman from Belarus kept money in Swiss bank

One of the subjects of this investigation is a former member of parliament whose reported income was several times lower than the amount of money in his Swiss account. The second one is a businessman who has been jailed twice in different countries. The third one is a businessman close to the...

14/02 Read Article
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