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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)

Investigations

Investigations 18 August

Ukrainian oligarch wanted: How a bank owned by Lukashenko's "moneybag" helped invest in arms trade

Following a fatal accident, Petro Dyminskyy fled Ukraine, received a Greek "golden visa" and ran business in five countries, using Belarusian banks for arms deals.

Investigations Vitebskiy zavod radiodetaley produces components for the Russian military-industrial complex, including on equipment sourced from the EU

The Vitebsk Radio Components Plant “Monolit” has shipped more than $40 million worth of goods to Russia since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

13/08 Read Article Read Article

Investigations How Lukashenko’s cronies make money from the state-owned giant Grodno Azot

The enterprise lost about a third of its export revenue to the EU.

15/07 Read Article Read Article

Investigations Sanctions evasion routes switch to Latvia as Poland tightens control

Almost half of the Belarusan state monopolist Grodno Azot's exports went to the EU in 2024.

22/06 Read Article Read Article

Investigations Secret patients: Who was treated in Belarus’ hospitals during the Russian march on Kyiv

The Belarusian Investigative Center has found that Russian soldiers suspected of killing civilians in Ukraine were among patients in Belarus' hospitals in 2022.

10 June 2025 Read Article

Investigations Fashionable scheme. Belarusian company violates sanctions by bringing luxury goods to Russia

OOO Torgovyi Dom Exporttorg, аn intermediary linked to one of Aleksandr Lukashenko's "moneybags", uses artificially low prices in customs documents to circumvent sanctions.

27 May 2025 Read Article

Investigations Shelter from Interpol. Insight into new life and business of Finnish criminal who fled to Belarus

Europol has also issued an arrest warrant for the Finn.

20 May 2025 Read Article

Investigations On Two Fronts: How a Belarusian Company that Worked with Global Big Tech Giants Supplied Goods to the Russian Military-Industrial Complex

Defense client deal volume presumably reached $200 million over three years.

24 April 2025 Read Article

Investigations Salt in a poke. Belaruskali products rebranded and sold to EU, bypassing sanctions

All those involved in the delivery scheme are closely linked.

26 March 2025 Read Article

Investigations Unrefined imports: The EU buys rapeseed oil from Belarus made with crops from occupied Ukraine

The beneficial owner of the supplying company is under sanctions for aiding Russia in transporting troops and military equipment.

19 February 2025 Read Article

Investigations Who and how: Laundering millions from illegal bets in a Minsk casino

Casino owners are linked to Belarusian officials, politicians and security officials.

13 February 2025 Read Article

Investigations Deadly chips. How Integral bypasses sanctions and helps Russia keep the war going

Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.

28 January 2025 Read Article

Investigations Belarus makes money from gambling addicts, including children

Beneficiaries include creators of surveillance system and a "tobacco king".

22 December 2024 Read Article

Investigations Lukashenko’s ex-security guard owns once belonging to Belarus land plot in Sochi

Financial losses of Belarus may reach 100 million dollars.

17 December 2024 Read Article

Investigations Golden pills. Belarus government buys drugs wholesale from brother of Lukashenko’s financial associate at prices higher than retail

The Russian government pays less for some of these drugs.

10 December 2024 Read Article

Investigations EU v. Chevtsov. How a BIC investigation led to the dissolution of Lukashenko's European "moneybag"s company

...And to the "Chevtsov v. EU Council" case published on the European Union Court of Justice website.

05 December 2024 Read Article

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