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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)

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Investigations 23 December 2025

The thread of deception. How Grodno Azot sells polyamide to the EU, bypassing sanctions

The company also exports polyamide to Iran and to some Russian enterprises connected to Russia’s military industry.

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Investigations Spray money. How Lukashenko’s “wallet” organised a cash grab at the border

The investigation focuses on a disinfection system that generates tens of thousands of rubles daily, even though it does not actually kill viruses or bacteria.

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Investigations From enamel pots to kamikaze drones. BIC sheds light on the Belarusian “Lord of Russian Drones"

$1.12 billion — that’s how much his company received over the previous two years from contracts with Russian military organizations.

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Investigations A mountain chalet: how companies linked to Belarusian elites are building a secret Russian residence, allegedly for Lukashenko

28/10 Read Article Read Article

Investigations Production exchange. How Belarus and Russia trade sanctioned goods with each other

The BIC has revealed the entire chain of prohibited shipments from China to Belarus via Russia.

07 October 2025 Read Article

Investigations The Young Guard. How teenagers in Belarus are being groomed for a military future disguised as patriotic education

We spoke with mothers whose children are taught to shoot, encouraged to develop a sense of affinity with the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, and instructed on what it means to “be a man”.

04 October 2025 Read Article

Investigations Double agent Belarusian company transported to Russia banned solvent used in chemical weapons

Supplier has links to three of Lukashenko’s “money bags”.

30 September 2025 Read Article

Investigations Dubai “Wallet”: How Lukashenko’s Arab Partner Built a Business Network in Lithuania and Stayed Beyond Sanctions

А member of the Seimas promises consequences after the release of BIC’s investigation.

22 September 2025 Read Article

Investigations Support under the radar. Who is supplying drones from Belarus to Russia despite the bans

BIC uncovered shipments of drones to companies tied to Russia’s military-industrial complex.

14 September 2025 Read Article

Investigations "My contract has ended, no one is letting me go”. How Russian trenches became a trap for some Belarusians

11 September 2025 Read Article

Investigations Dana Holdings escapes EU sanctions: The company is replaced by a shell firm

Sanctions were retroactively applied to a clone company that had been set up after the introduction of economic restrictions.

28 August 2025 Read Article

Investigations Chicken feet war: How Lukashenko's cronies made millions, but lost the Chinese poultry market for Belarus

BIC has uncovered the first known instance of Belarus deceiving a strategic partner—and it wasn’t Russia.

26 August 2025 Read Article

Investigations 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.

18 August 2025 Read Article

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 August 2025 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 July 2025 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 June 2025 Read Article

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