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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

Kotau’s dangerous connections: How the Belarusian opposition figure disappeared and who was involved

This story has everything: arms dealers and security services, love and money, a luxury yacht and a route through several countries.

Antifake / Factcheck

Antifake / Factcheck “Approximately 70% of Europe’s mineral waters.” How Radio Minsk found Belarus’s mineral water dominance

Even European countries surpass Belarus in mineral water reserves.

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Antifake / Factcheck “Notice how many foreign delegations were present.” Radio Minsk misidentified foreign guests as representatives from Germany and the U.S.

The German Foreign Ministry did not endorse the trip by AfD politicians, and the U.S. Secretary of State did not confirm the participation of an American delegation.

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Economy with Chaly

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11 June11 June 2026

Belarus: From a Regional Supplier to a Global Premium Food Industry Player

"Belarus can provide food for 100 million people."

04 June04 June 2026

Lukashenko Embraces AI

Alexander Lukashenko has been advising EAEU partners on how integration should be properly carried out.

28 May28 May 2026

The Belarusian economy has achieved remarkable success

The National Bank has lowered the refinancing rate, while Donald Trump has extended sanctions against the Belarusian leadership.

News with Chaly

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27 February27 February 2026

Lukashenko Inspects Security Forces

We regret to inform you that this is the final edition of “News” in its current format.

20 February20 February 2026

Lukashenko: “No One Will Be Allowed to Tear Us Away from Russia”

Alexander Lukashenko has prepared advice for Donald Trump.

13 February13 February 2026

Lukashenko Will Not Attend the Peace Board

We examine the leading theories behind why Alexander Lukashenko did not make time to travel to Washington.

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

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The “tobacco king’s” creative bookkeeping: How Aliaksei Aleksin withdrew millions of euros via New Zealand and Vanuatu

The scheme involved citizens of Lithuania and Russia.

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Clean energy — dirty routes. How Belarusian wood pellets were marketed to Europe in an attempt to circumvent sanctions

The trade data we analyzed also included a Polish company.

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The grey area trap. How people from Sheiman’s entourage first obtained and then lost real estate in Crimea

Court hearings over properties worth more than €2 million have been ongoing since 2023.

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From Belarus with war: In the two years since the start of the full-scale invasion, Belarusian companies have doubled their supplies to Russian arms manufacturers

The BIC analyzed data on supplies from 58 Belarusian enterprises to 41 Russian military-industrial complex plants

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News

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22/05

Open Call for Fellowships at Media Resilience Lab

11/05

Lukashenko’s “wallet” transferred money through a New Zealand banking system, which made it difficult to trace

07/04

"I'm always doing fine": A Less Than Candid Conversation With Alexander Shackutin

18/02

Ukraine could have imposed sanctions against Lukashenko earlier, but the head of the Presidential Office was against it, a BIC source says

14/01

“They’re trying to get you to hand over information”. Ukrainian draft evaders are being interrogated in Belarus

30/10

Stop Nitrogen: BIC investigations have led to halting the smuggling of Belarusian fertilisers into the European Union

Top fakes of the week 16 June Is the Belarus tractor featured in the U.S. Book of Honor? How the MTZ-80 testing was framed as a triumph over international tractor competitors

Rather than selecting the best models, the American laboratory verified that the tractors met their specified requirements.

Fakes of the week

13 June “Just let them stop the fighting” A guest on Radio-Minsk distorted Ukrainian sociological data

12 June A News.by host discussed Polish emigration but overlooked Belarusians

11 June Is one in six Latvians a government official? A Belarus-RTR guest counted doctors, teachers, and the military personnel as bureaucrats

10 June “They owe their literacy to the Russians.” Colonel Bogodel’s revision of Baltic history

07 June Belarusian radio claimed that Japan owes its economic miracle to Soviet magazines. We verified the claim

Belarusian Interactive Catalogue of Fakes

This is a tool that appeared as a result of the work of our Anti-Fake Project. In it you can see more than 800 examples of fakes collected by us since 2021, which were either distributed in Belarusian media or related to Belarus.