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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: Due to Russia’s decision Finland will soon be left without electricity

Finland is the largest buyer of Russian electricity. And for Finland, Russian electricity accounts for mere 10% of all the electricity consumed in the country. There they consume 86 billion kilowatts per hour in a year

20 May 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Andrzej Duda is the grandson of a Ukrainian nationalist. Shocking facts about the President of Poland

The Russian telegram channel "Day Z" published a post that which says that Polish President Andrzej Duda's grandfather was allegedly a Ukrainian nationalist and would kill Poles

13 May 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: George Soros - a Jew in Hitler's service

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azar told the Belta news agency that a financier, Jew George Soros, served the Reich

06 May 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Eismant claims that Germany is run by grandchildren of SS officers

One of the Belarusian and Russian propagandists’ favourite things to do nowadays is to look for the SS officers’ namesakes among the current German and EU leadership. Here's what the head of Belteleradiocompany Ivan Eismant said about it

29 April 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: CNN lies to the world and the "Yellow Plums" upholds the truth and exposes the liars

The pro-regime "Yellow Plums" telegram channel caught the US TV channel CNN lying. This is evidenced by one of the posts published on the telegram channel

22 April 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Pustavoy crowned Anatol Chubais

Jaugen Pustavoy, a journalist of the STV channel told his viewers in all seriousness that the Queen of Great Britain had knighted Putin's former special representative, Anatoly Chubais

15 April 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: "Due to anti-Russian sanctions, retail chains are facing a food shortage." The "Belarus-1" TV channel tells how bad the situation with products is in Italy

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, analyzing the situation, gives many reasons for food becoming more expensive in Europe

08 April 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Ivan Eismant promised to either resign or shoot himself if the Belarusian state media got caught in a lie

Ivan Eismant, the head of the Belteleradiocompany, said on air at the “Editors Club” program that the Belarusian state media are the most honest in the world

01 April 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Is Ukraine using banned weapons against separatists?

An employee of the "Belarus-1" TV channel accused Ukraine of using banned weapons, which, in her opinion, is the missile system "Tochka U"

25 March 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Foxnews lies, while"Belarus-1" bestows the truth upon people

Last week, the TV news agency of the "Belarus-1" TV channel declared itself a source of truth and pitied American viewers for not having access to ATN as they do not know that Volodymyr Zelensky actually did not visit a military hospital

18 March 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: How Russian and Belarusian media lie about Ukrainians "seizing" the OSCE mission

On 1 March, the Russian press spread information that the OSCE mission had left Donetsk and Ukrainian nationalists had seized it. It was reported by the Russian state news agency

11 March 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: "The Nazis killed the ambulance crew." How does Belarusian propaganda work in the war in Ukraine?

The war in Ukraine is accompanied by a large number of fakes, on both sides

04 March 2022 Read Article