Investigations

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

11/09 Read Article 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.

28/08 Read Article 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.

26/08 Read Article 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

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