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Belarusian Investigative Center is an independent production that specializes in the most complex forms of journalism

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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In this project a team of Belarusian investigative journalists reveal corruption schemes and top-level legislation abuse

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26 July 2022

How arts graduate became henchman’s mistress

In our new investigation we shed light on the key person involved in Mr. Sheyman’s dirty side hustle – as well as matters of his heart

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Lilia Lukashenko’s mate and oligarchs benefit from ‘Case of Orthopaedics’

Now it became clear that the company’s beneficiaries are directly related to Mr. Lukashenko’s family, and that the same beneficiaries are building another medical centr.

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Prominent Belarusian businesspeople and celebrities buy up properties in Dubai

The warm beaches of the United Arab Emirates have become quite a magnet for rich Belarusians for all the wrong reasons

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How Belarus government oligarch schemes evolve under sanctions

In 2021-22 western sanctions were imposed on several Belarus regime-affiliated oligarchs – this should have curbed their enthusiasm

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Unknown orthopaedic clinic gains from crackdown on private medicine

As the Ministry of Health is terminating licenses of popular private clinics Lode and A1, an unknown private clinic seems unfazed by the repressions

10 May 2022 Read Article

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Criminals and Lukashenka’s ‘moneymen’ behind big gambling business in Belarus

Belarus is home to a multitude of casinos. And yet little tax from gambling is being collected by the state as business owners hide behind complex offshore corporate structures

26 April 2022 Read Article

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Lukashenko’s friend shelters his London mansions from European sanctions

As the EU keeps arresting Russian oligarchs’ yachts and villas, Mr. Mikhail Gutseriev, Aleksandr Lukashenko's friend, has been tucking away his assets from the West’s wrath. The latest insight by the Belarusian Investigative Center reveals how he has managed to transfer ownership of a range of...

12 April 2022 Read Article

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Lukashenko is giving away millions in property as gifts to his amateur hockey teammates

Aleksandr Lukashenko often condemns real estate developers for making extreme gains. Yet, a new investigation by the Belarusian Investigative Center has revealed that Belarusian real estate prices are often inflated because Lukashenko himself distributes the best land to certain developers. As it...

29 March 2022 Read Article

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Belarusian wood processing industry has been cut off from margin market

Just over a week the belarusian wood industry has suffered twice. First it got hit by sanctions against the attack of russian forces on Ukraine. Then, according to the Belarus Investigative Centre, Belarus got stripped of a prestigious international certificate, which allowed Belarus on the premium...

04 March 2022 Read Article

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With “Korona” at the head. How Pavel Topouzidis joined “fake transit” and built an empire

“Belarusian Investigative Center” managed to find out, another cigarette manufacturer from Belarus might get huge profits from an “aborted transit” scheme. This is about Pavel Topouzidis, the chairman of the board of directors of “Tabak-Invest”, who is known as the co-owner of a...

01 March 2022 Read Article

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From arms industry to school equipment: how Igor Medved became state procurement tsar

In Belarus legislative amendments about public procurement are foreseen. Affiliated parties, who might collude and speculate on market gains during the procurement process, won’t be allowed to participate in bids. The programme “Davaite razbiratsia” found out what is indeed happening by the...

22 February 2022 Read Article

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How Belarus bypasses sanctions with the help of oligarch Varabey’s partners

Last year the amount of belarusian oil products shipped through Estonia multiplied by three times. This was almost impossible to do amidst the European sanctions without manipulations with commodity codes. The scheme beneficiaries turned out to be those tightly connected with businessman Mikalai...

31 January 2022 Read Article

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SHVEDish income. How Belarus procures medical equipment using the budget funds

Belarus has been fighting the mediation business for a long time now and one of the main ways of dealing with the problem has become import substitution. The idea is to produce locally instead of buying things from abroad. However, the journalists of “Davaite Razbiratsia” found out what happened...

25 January 2022 Read Article

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How Tiateryn made a fortune thanks to his close relationship with Lukashenka

The journalists of “Davaite Razbiratsia” programme found out how Tiateryn started his business, how much he managed to make and why Lukashenka’s patronage isn’t necessarily the guarantee of success

04 January 2022 Read Article

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Which defects were revealed after the Belarus Nuclear Power Plant was built and who is going to pay for it

Belarus Nuclear Power Plant is one of the most disputed sites. The quality of plant construction as well as its efficiency of operating the facility raises lots of questions

21 December 2021 Read Article

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Having supplied the Presidential Security Service carpark, Aleksin got control over tobacco business

The fact that in 2018 belarusian oligarch Aliaksei Aleksin got in charge of the most profitable tobacco business line many people attributed with his close relationship with Aleksandr Lukashenko. In fact, as the journalists of the “Davaite razbiratsia” program found out, in that year Aleksin...

29 November 2021 Read Article