Belarusian Investigative Center

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

28 October 2025 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 August 2025 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 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 Belarusian gambit. How Belshina continued to supply the Russian military

08 October 2024 Read Article

Investigations Fake “African” buses exposed: BIC unveils scheme to export MAZ vehicles to Togo via EU

The correspondence of the intermediary company between Minsk and several African countries has come into our possession.

04 October 2024 Read Article

Investigations “Lukashenko's moneybags” and business moguls owning EU companies: The network fueling Russia’s sanctions evasion on tires

02 October 2024 Read Article

Investigations Shakutsin vs Sanctions Manufacturers left Belarus and Russia market, but the equipment remains

Under the guise of a client, a BIC investigator communicated with a representative of the Belarusian branch of SV Mashiny.

18 October 2023 Read Article

Investigations Bulldozing through sanctions. How Alexander Shackutin, owner of Amkodor, earns money despite embargo

Adding on the Russian market under the guise of import phase-out, the Belarusian company Amkodor relies heavily on parts imported from other countries.

13 September 2023 Read Article

Sviatlana Yatskova