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Sanctions were retroactively applied to a clone company that had been set up after the introduction of economic restrictions.
BIC has uncovered the first known instance of Belarus deceiving a strategic partner—and it wasn’t Russia.
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.
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.
The enterprise lost about a third of its export revenue to the EU.
Almost half of the Belarusan state monopolist Grodno Azot's exports went to the EU in 2024.
The Belarusian Investigative Center has found that Russian soldiers suspected of killing civilians in Ukraine were among patients in Belarus' hospitals in 2022.
OOO Torgovyi Dom Exporttorg, аn intermediary linked to one of Aleksandr Lukashenko's "moneybags", uses artificially low prices in customs documents to circumvent sanctions.
Europol has also issued an arrest warrant for the Finn.
Defense client deal volume presumably reached $200 million over three years.
All those involved in the delivery scheme are closely linked.
The beneficial owner of the supplying company is under sanctions for aiding Russia in transporting troops and military equipment.
Casino owners are linked to Belarusian officials, politicians and security officials.
Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.
Beneficiaries include creators of surveillance system and a "tobacco king".
Financial losses of Belarus may reach 100 million dollars.
