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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

Antifake / Factcheck

Poles closed churches, tortured people, and planned to conquer the whole of Belarus. Five fakes from ‘On the Other Shore’ film exposed by ‘Zerkalo.io’

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The Belarusfilm studio released the film ‘On the Other Shore’, dedicated to September 17 — National Unity Day. The Zerkalo.io team analyzed the film and uncovered the falsification of historical events, suppression, and distortion of facts.

31 October 2023 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck

Top-5 Fake News. U.S. policy towards Israel irritates other countries

Further: The fishing industry development and maternity protection are better in Belarus than in the EU, while in Germany business bankruptcies see a sharp rise. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

26 October 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Sanctions against Belarus and Russia attracted bedbugs to the EU and turned away tourists

Further: Peaceful past of Israel and Palestine; an American auditor’s murder in Ukraine; car selling hype in Belarus. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

19 October 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Polish opposition wants to negotiate with Minsk and Moscow, & Washington — to gain control of Kiev

Further: Life hack from Ukrainians on how to not go to war; €7 million mansion for the daughter of ex-Minister of Defense of Ukraine; & rising prices for fuel and electricity in the EU. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

12 October 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Ukrainians Beat up Russian-speaking Woman in Tallinn; Polish Authorities Ban Film about Belarus-Poland Migration Crisis

Further: Ukraine issued a stamp in honor of the SS person; Poland is at risk of leaving the EU in 'Polexit'; and Belarus's broken a food export record. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

05 October 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Conscription Threatens 16-year-old Ukrainians, and Russia is in Top-3 of World's Best Countries Rankings

Further: Soros protege exposure in Armenia, and aid to illiterate children of Western Belarus. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

28 September 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Belarus's technologically overtaken Europe & Personal yacht of Ukraine's ex-Minister of Defense

Further: Mural with Zelensky the cannibal, German Foreign Ministry Head's expenses for makeup artists; and President of Equatorial Guinea fights USA. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

21 September 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. 'Strange deaths epidemic' of NATO commanders and First in Europe concentration camp is in Belarus

Further: Belarusians ceased to disgrace their authorities; Russians got a record number of Schengen visas; Polish soldiers built the Minister’s private summer house. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

14 September 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. WWII tanks entered Berlin under Lukashenko’s red-green flag; Legalization of pornography, pimping and prostitution in Ukraine

Further: Poland borrowed in the amount of the annual GDP, Belarusians don’t travel to Lithuania and Latvia, and Belarussian TV discovered confirmation of Ukrainian Nazism. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

07 September 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. In Ukraine, 10,000 Poles died; in Canada, newborns undergo gender reassignment surgery

Further: The video of Poroshenko with a machine gun in the trenches near Bakhmut; the Russian passport with the ‘Glory to Ukraine’ phrase; and the American doctor's refusal to treat the cat boy. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

31 August 2023 Read Article

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Top-5 Fake News. Thousands of children had gone missing before the war in Ukraine; German journalists insulted audience

Further: Full house at CIS-2023 Games; Plans to demolish thousands of French churches, and Passenger traffic records at Minsk Airport. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

24 August 2023 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck

Top-5 Fake News. Sex shows with children on TV in the Netherlands; the Chinese love to travel to Belarus

Further: Ukraine and Poland are friends just until the end of the war, workers in Western countries are completely lazy, and Formula One promotes LGBTQ+. Top-5 Fake News spotted by the Weekly Top Fake team.

16 August 2023 Read Article