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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)

Investigations Indirectly and directly. How companies linked to Cyprus's former president helped Lukashenko’s bagman dodge EU sanctions

… and re-export Russian gasoline under the guise of solvents and diluents.

06/03 Read Article

Investigations The Young Guard. How teenagers in Belarus are being groomed for a military future disguised as patriotic education

We spoke with mothers whose children are taught to shoot, encouraged to develop a sense of affinity with the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, and instructed on what it means to “be a man”.

04/10 Read Article