Belarusian Investigative Center

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.

18 June 2026 Read Article

Investigations 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.

15 June 2026 Read Article

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.

12 June 2026 Read Article

Investigations 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.

14 May 2026 Read Article

Investigations 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

08 May 2026 Read Article

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

Both entities are owned by a businessman from Belarus.

23 April 2026 Read Article

Investigations “Land for their own people.” How much the Belarusian budget missed out on from the construction of a complex in central Minsk

...and how it is connected to Aleksandr Lukashenko’s personal tennis coach.

21 April 2026 Read Article

Investigations "A truly talented businessman." How the confiscation of Amkodor became a golden parachute for Shackutin

Lukashenko’s associate kept the profits, while the state was left with a loss-making holding company and a billion-ruble debt.

31 March 2026 Read Article

Investigations Route recalculated. Companies linked to the entourage of Lukashenko’s associate sell sanctioned European cars to Russia

Despite tightened restrictions and the publication of investigations into the matter, the scheme remains in effect.

03 March 2026 Read Article

Investigations Fourfold rise in Ukrainians caught fleeing to Belarus to avoid conscription

The BIC worked out how much it might cost to organise an escape.

13 January 2026 Read Article

Investigations "Top-level service". For the last three years, former participants of the Russian "special military operation" have been taking holidays in Belarusian sanatoriums

We spoke to a Russian soldier who had fought in Ukraine and received treatment in Lepel upon his return from the war zone.

30 December 2025 Read Article

Investigations Austrian company agrees to supply sanctioned goods to Belarus in conversation with undercover investigators

The seller explained how to circumvent the ban via Armenia.

24 December 2025 Read Article

Investigations 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.

23 December 2025 Read Article

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.

16 December 2025 Read Article

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.

04 December 2025 Read Article

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

28 October 2025 Read Article

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