Belarusian Investigative Center

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We investigate corruption, uncover fake news and analyze the news agenda. The BIC is a member of the global network of investigative journalists.

Our journalists are the recipients of the national award “Free Word” from the Association of Journalists of Belarus in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. At "Free Word" 2021 BIC’s team also received first place for Analytics

BIC is a member of the OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)

We are also members of GIJN (Global Investigative Journalism Network)

Investigations

Accessible endoprostheses for all. Who profited in the turf battle following the "orthopedic surgeons case"?

The government promised to tackle the problem around long waiting lists for large implant replacement surgeries. Here is what came out of it.

27 January 2024 Read Article

Investigations

More Expensive for Belarusians? Checking Whether Ukrainians and Russians pay less for medications, and exploring the reasons for the discrepancy

Purchasing only three types of medications, which we will discuss in the investigation, in Russian pharmacies would have cost the budget $2 million less than buying wholesale from a Belarusian supplier.

24 January 2024 Read Article

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 November 2023 Read Article

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 November 2023 Read Article

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 October 2023 Read Article

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 September 2023 Read Article

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 September 2023 Read Article

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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 August 2023 Read Article

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 July 2023 Read Article

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 June 2023 Read Article

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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 June 2023 Read Article

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 April 2023 Read Article

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 April 2023 Read Article

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 April 2023 Read Article

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 March 2023 Read Article

Investigations

Leaked: Kremlin set to subjugate Belarus

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

21 February 2023 Read Article