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

11 February 2022

Other fakes of week:

Are Europeans being forced to eat worms? ZhS Premium featured a video highlighting additives that are also found in Belarusian products

We calculated how much deputy Savinykh exaggerated the population of the countries whose leaders congratulated Lukashenko on his election victory

Macron deliberately ignored greeting India's Prime Minister? The WTF team and pro-government media saw different things in the same video

No discounts on public transportation for Latvian pensioners? Verifying the Latvian fugitive's claims

While Voskresensky spoke about Lithuania supposedly growing poor without Belarusian potash, we can only highlight the country's rising revenues

Other publications

Antifake / Factcheck

Poland condemned Belarusian state media for spreading fake news, while Belarusian state media shift blame to Belarusian independent journalists

The WTF team found the report by an independent commission published on the Polish Ministry of Justice's website.

14 February 2025 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck

Poles hated Jews more than Nazis? Scrutinizing Lazutkin’s claims

The largest concentration camp of Nazi Germany, which became a symbol of the Holocaust, was indeed located in Poland.

13 February 2025 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck

The Minister of Information incorrectly labeled Belarus one of the safest countries in the world. We checked how far off he was

To verify this claim, the WTF team examined several global rankings.

12 February 2025 Read Article