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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

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.

Antifake / Factcheck

Antifake / Factcheck Are Polish authorities kicking out migrant doctors? We verified the claim of a Belarusian TV presenter

According to Yauhen Horyn, up to 6,000 doctors from Ukraine and Belarus could be affected.

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Antifake / Factcheck Belarusian radio claimed that Japan owes its economic miracle to Soviet magazines. We verified the claim

The satirical web resource Panorama reported that Japan erected a monument to the magazine Nauka i Zhizn, calling it “the basis of the Japanese economic miracle.”

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Economy with Chaly

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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.

21 May21 May 2026

“Mobilizing Internal Resources as the Foundation of Long-Term Resilience”

For his new five-year term, Lukashenko is planning a new phase in relations with China. In the meantime, however, there is a minor issue involving Chinese engines used in Belarusian tractors.

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 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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Top 5 Belarusian private companies supplying equipment and spare parts to Russia’s defense industry

The group includes developers of UAVs with companies based in the US and EU, companies that modernize military equipment, and a family-owned enterprise.

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“Operates during wartime.” A British company’s Belarusian subsidiary supplies parts to Russian military plants

Both entities are owned by a businessman from Belarus.

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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 06 June Are the same Wehrmacht units stationed at the Belarusian border again? Fact-checking the historical parallels that Belarusian state media drew to World War II

State media reported the presence of military units with the same numbers as those worn by German units that invaded the USSR in 1941, along the Belarusian borders.

Fakes of the week

30 May Liudmila Hladkaya claims that Lukashenko is popular in the Baltic States and Poland

29 May An economist claims the U.S. manipulated statistics to unseat China as the world’s largest economy

27 May “Turned out to be a lie.” A state media expert compared the wheat harvest in Lithuania to the total grain harvest in Belarus

26 May “We should just wait and see — they will die out on their own.” Two demographic fakes by Ksenia Lebedzeva about the Baltic States

25 May “Lithuania is doing poorly.” News.by downplayed its neighbor’s investment achievements

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.