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)

Antifake / Factcheck 24 September 2021

Other publications

Antifake / Factcheck “Potato prices have skyrocketed eightfold.” How News.by framed the exchange market price growth as a food crisis in Europe

The state media authors did not specify that the increase did not apply to store prices.

22 May 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck Azaronak found a “Nazi trace” in Elon Musk’s name. We verified it

The story that the anchor referred to does, in fact, include the word “Elon.”

21 May 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck “Competing with Turkish resorts”: How ONT TV exaggerated the number of Russian tourists during the May holidays

In the program Kontury, Belarus was referred to as “the number one destination.”

20 May 2026 Read Article

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