Belarusian Investigative Center

Investigations “Exclusive access for the select few.” How a new special exporter brings together former security officials and Presidential Property Management staff

...and why another arms-trading organization may have emerged in Belarus.

24 June 2026 Read Article

Investigations The grey area trap. How people from Sheiman’s entourage first obtained and then lost real estate in Crimea

Court hearings over properties worth more than €2 million have been ongoing since 2023.

14 May 2026 Read Article

Investigations “Land for their own people.” How much the Belarusian budget missed out on from the construction of a complex in central Minsk

...and how it is connected to Aleksandr Lukashenko’s personal tennis coach.

21 April 2026 Read Article

Investigations "A truly talented businessman." How the confiscation of Amkodor became a golden parachute for Shackutin

Lukashenko’s associate kept the profits, while the state was left with a loss-making holding company and a billion-ruble debt.

31 March 2026 Read Article

Investigations Route recalculated. Companies linked to the entourage of Lukashenko’s associate sell sanctioned European cars to Russia

Despite tightened restrictions and the publication of investigations into the matter, the scheme remains in effect.

03 March 2026 Read Article

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