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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 09 February 2023

Фэйкі тыдня: Байцы ПВК "Вагнер" не здаюцца ў палон

Выкрыццё фэйкаў. У Менску падтрымалі Прыгожына і працягнулі руку апазіцыі.

Other publications

Antifake / Factcheck 150 ethnic groups and a “thriving” Polish community: How News.by exaggerated Belarus’s tolerance

The media outlet conflated the number of ethnic groups in Belarus with the number of festival participants and overlooked the fact that the Polish community has been shrinking.

21 June 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck Europe without milk? Greece without food? What’s wrong with the stories on Belarusian state TV

News.by and Belarus-RTR have identified signs of a food crisis in areas where statistics suggest otherwise.

20 June 2026 Read Article

Antifake / Factcheck Bandarenka, a historian, drew parallels between the mobilization in Ukraine and the USSR, but overlooked the significant number of Soviet draft dodgers

As of September 1944, the NKVD had identified almost 500,000 draft evaders and over 1.2 million deserters.

19 June 2026 Read Article

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