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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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Fake news of the week: Volfavitch saw irony in NATO nuclear exercises

Political analyst Vadzim Yalfimau on the air of “Radio Minsk” called these exercises epoch-making

03 November 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Is Lukashenka's army "one of the most efficient on the continent"?

Belarus has one of the most efficient armies in Eurasia, said ONT employee Maryna Karaman

28 October 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: The SB tells how the Ukrainian military are fleeing from NATO’s homosexual soldiers

Interestingly, the last state service with this name simply doesn’t exist in Ukraine

21 October 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Russian political analysts and media claim that Germans don’t feel bad about World War II

This rather common fake was voiced at a round table in Minsk by Vitaly Tretyakov

14 October 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: The "Yellow Plums" tried to catch Belsat in a lie. It didn't come out well again

In fact, the fake was created by the “Yellow Plums” themselves

07 October 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Azarenok encourages "shutting down all Western social media"

A concert of 12-year-old blogger Milana Khametova in Minsk, held at the Dana Mall, attracted a lot of teenagers and a stampede began in the shopping centre

30 September 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Belarusian state media reports that Swiss authorities are forcing their citizens to write denunciations on each other

Ragor Azaronak also picked up on the topic

23 September 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Azaronak justifies Stalin’s actions and doesn’t see anything wrong with the 2.7 million Gulag prisoners

Rygor Azaronak tried to defend Stalin's honour and prove that almost 3 million prisoners was not that much

16 September 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Lukashenka says that the wall on the Polish-Belarusian border is useless

This year, 7 thousand migrants have entered Poland through Belarus, so the Polish fence is useless. That is what he told the schoolchildren and first-year students at the History lesson on September 1

09 September 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: The BT host said that the UK citizens are being urged to reuse toilet paper due to the crisis

The British are so worse off that they even save on toilet paper, and the local media urge them to start using reusable toilet paper. This was stated in the "Clear Politics" on BT by its host Siarhei Husachenka

02 September 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: A drought has left the entire UK without water

According to Yevgeny Popov, presenter of the "60 Minutes" programme on "Russia 1" TV channel, all over the UK, the taps are out of water

26 August 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Due to the shortage of Russian gas, the Germans began using group cremation

Due to the gas shortage, crematoria in Germany burn 5 bodies at a time. According to the host of the programme "60 Minutes" and at the same time the Russian State Duma deputy, Yevgeny Popov, crematoriums in Germany cremate 5 bodies at a time because of the gas shortage

19 August 2022 Read Article