Belarusian Investigative Center

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

Investigations Shelter from Interpol. Insight into new life and business of Finnish criminal who fled to Belarus

Europol has also issued an arrest warrant for the Finn.

20 May 2025 Read Article

Investigations Salt in a poke. Belaruskali products rebranded and sold to EU, bypassing sanctions

All those involved in the delivery scheme are closely linked.

26 March 2025 Read Article

Investigations Unrefined imports: The EU buys rapeseed oil from Belarus made with crops from occupied Ukraine

The beneficial owner of the supplying company is under sanctions for aiding Russia in transporting troops and military equipment.

19 February 2025 Read Article

Investigations Who and how: Laundering millions from illegal bets in a Minsk casino

Casino owners are linked to Belarusian officials, politicians and security officials.

13 February 2025 Read Article

Investigations Deadly chips. How Integral bypasses sanctions and helps Russia keep the war going

Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.

28 January 2025 Read Article

Investigations Belarus makes money from gambling addicts, including children

Beneficiaries include creators of surveillance system and a "tobacco king".

22 December 2024 Read Article

Investigations EU v. Chevtsov. How a BIC investigation led to the dissolution of Lukashenko's European "moneybag"s company

...And to the "Chevtsov v. EU Council" case published on the European Union Court of Justice website.

05 December 2024 Read Article

Investigations Tortures on the Pripyat. The BIC found a Russian military filtration camp in Belarus

According to an eyewitness, civilians transferred from Ukraine were subjected to greater abuse in the camp.

28 November 2024 Read Article

Investigations Bypassing sanctions, Belarus sells Western Microchips for Fighter Jets and Missiles to Russia

The Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) has found supply chains tied to Aleksandr Lukashenko's inner circle and the Russian military-industrial complex.

26 November 2024 Read Article

Investigations How two GRU intelligence officers infiltrated opposition and volunteer groups

The BIC, in collaboration with the Alliance of Investigators of Belarus, has successfully identified the intelligence officers of the Belarusian Defense Ministry.

12 November 2024 Read Article

Investigations The cost of the visit to Abkhazia. Did Lukashenko trade national interests for a plot by the sea

The company to which the unrecognised republic transferred land on the Black Sea coast is linked to Viktar Sheiman.

13 October 2024 Read Article

Investigations Belarusian gambit. How Belshina continued to supply the Russian military

08 October 2024 Read Article

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