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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

Belarusian journalistic project against fake news and manipulations of officials and media. You can read about our team, principles and methodology via this link

Top fakes of the week

‘You are complete madmen!’ Lukashenko Again Distorts Facts about Ryanair Flight with Protasevich Onboard

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) investigated the Ryanair flight's landing at Minsk airport.

Fakes of the week

22 October

Is Disney in the Red Due to the "Theme"? Checking the Words of a Russian Blogger

21 October

Drag Queen was Misidentified as Spanish Lawmaker by Outlet “Minskaya Pravda”

18 October

Best Inflation Rate Country is Deemed Worst by Political Scientist Petrovsky

17 October

‘Belarusian Political Emigrants’ Children Bullied in Polish Schools.’ Manipulation on TV “Belarus 4” Spotted

16 October

Lukashenko and Stalin: Azarenok Identifies Similarity, While WTF Team Points Out His Mistake

Go to the Catalogue of Fakes

Antifake / Factcheck of previous weeks

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Fact checking: Lukashenko falsely stated Belarus has doubled the number of large families thanks to the Family Capital program

His statement was repeated two days later by presenter Polina Konoga on SB TV.

22 March 2024 Read Article

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Fact checking: Military expert Alesin falsely claimed U.S. staged air crash to cover up American soldiers' deaths in Ukraine

On March 9, Russia announced the destruction of two Patriot systems in the Donetsk region, which was confirmed by Ukraine.

21 March 2024 Read Article

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USSR invasion of Afghanistan was more civilized than the U.S. one. Party Belaya Rus head’s statement fact-checked

The U.S. army invaded Afghanistan in 2001, after the September 11 attacks.

20 March 2024 Read Article

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U.S. advertising calls to stop funding Ukraine, does it? WTF team discovered original video

Weekly Top Fake journalists found the original video. It was published on YouTube in May 2021.

19 March 2024 Read Article

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ISS will make peace between Americans and both Belarusians and Russians. Political scientist Lazutkin's claim fact-checked

Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya has been readied for the space flight, the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said.

18 March 2024 Read Article

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Fact check: Editor-in-chief of “Belarus Segodnya” claims that Russia did give the nuclear baton to Belarus

Precedents for the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of other countries are not something new.

15 March 2024 Read Article

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Did the court declare the Berlin elections undemocratic and rigged? Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus statement fact-checked

There were many problems during the voting process, such as shortages of ballots, long lines at many polling stations and polling stations were temporarily closed or remain open longer than required.

14 March 2024 Read Article

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Fact check: Columnist Gorin's false claim that Poland to buy weapons for €137 million allocated by the EU

In 2021, Brussels has frozen EU funds for Warsaw, mentioned above by Gorin, in connection with judicial reform.

13 March 2024 Read Article

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Fact check: ONT falsely reported that Polish farmers have crashed cars from batch of military vehicles for Ukraine

ONT employees referred to the leading propagandist of Russian TV, Olga Skabeeva as a source of information.

12 March 2024 Read Article

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Not to vote — get punished. Debunking Belarus's Minister of Information claim about the elections in Germany

WTF journalists questioned the federal election commissioner whether German voters are marked in their passports and what awaits Germans who do not vote.

11 March 2024 Read Article

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For non-imitation of the EU Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia received praise from Pridybaylo. What's wrong with it?

RT special correspondent Konstantin Pridybaylo shared his opinion on how the European Parliament differs from the Parliament of the Union State.

08 March 2024 Read Article

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Ukrainian bought child to leave the country. Shocking story from ZhS Premium fact-checked

Ukrainian border guards actually published news with the headline.

07 March 2024 Read Article