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We investigate corruption, uncover fake news and analyze the news agenda. The BIC is a member of the global network of investigative journalists.

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)

Antifake / Factcheck

Belarusian journalistic project against fake news and manipulations of officials and media. You can read about our team, principles and methodology via this link

Top fakes of the week

‘You are complete madmen!’ Lukashenko Again Distorts Facts about Ryanair Flight with Protasevich Onboard

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) investigated the Ryanair flight's landing at Minsk airport.

Fakes of the week

22 October

Is Disney in the Red Due to the "Theme"? Checking the Words of a Russian Blogger

21 October

Drag Queen was Misidentified as Spanish Lawmaker by Outlet “Minskaya Pravda”

18 October

Best Inflation Rate Country is Deemed Worst by Political Scientist Petrovsky

17 October

‘Belarusian Political Emigrants’ Children Bullied in Polish Schools.’ Manipulation on TV “Belarus 4” Spotted

16 October

Lukashenko and Stalin: Azarenok Identifies Similarity, While WTF Team Points Out His Mistake

Go to the Catalogue of Fakes

Antifake / Factcheck of previous weeks

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Fake news of the week: Fear of a “hunger winter” drives the Poles to Belarus for stocking up grocery

There are huge queues at the Polish-Belarusian border caused by a huge number of Polish citizens. This was reported on STV channel

12 August 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: According to Shpakouski, Belarusians have become richer by 20% since 2015

Moreover, Alyaksandar Shpakouski has taken 2015 as a basis for a reason

05 August 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Ukrainians have to declare Bandera a terrorist in order to get a PESEL number in Poland. BelTA investigation

The official questionnaire, of course, has no such questions at all

29 July 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Zelenskiy takes Ukrainian gold out to Poland and prepares to flee

That the news is made up from beginning to end

22 July 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Ukraine sells off weapons handed over to the AFU by Western countries

We found that very interview with Vadim Melnik on "Ukraine 24"

15 July 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Ukrainians burn down Orthodox churches and the Pope walks around with an LGBT cross

So it's not all LGBT that's rainbow

08 July 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Poland is deporting all Ukrainians of recruitment age back to Ukraine

Apparently, the Mash editors soon realised that they went a little too far with the lies so they deleted the post

01 July 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: A refugee from North Korea talks about the horrors of life in the United States

Russia’s First Channel has trimmed the Korean woman's statement, changing its essence exactly in the opposite direction

24 June 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: "Ukrainian women are lying about being raped by Russian soldiers" - Olga Skobeeva

The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office has already filed the first rape case to court and announced the name of the accused, as well as his place of service in the Russian army

17 June 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: "Pfizer" wants to reduce the world's population by 50%!

The Pfizer company openly states that it wants to halve the world's population. This news has been posted on many Telegram channels, including the "Yellow Plums"

10 June 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: Most of the sex workers in Europe come from Ukraine!

In the 2019 survey Ukraine ranks third among the top 10 countries supplying sex workers to the global market. And Russia is already in the first place

03 June 2022 Read Article

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Fake news of the week: 40% of Latvia's population is Russian. How Russian propaganda equates knowing Russian to defining oneself as "Russian"

Not everyone in Latvia supports Russia's aggression against Ukraine

27 May 2022 Read Article