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Buro Media is a team of Belarusian investigative journalists. We expose those who abuse money and power to the detriment of society. Our investigations of corruption and other violations of law are part of our mission to make a difference.

 

We document the facts of bribery, fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, nepotism, sanctions evasion, human rights violations, and other illegal activities in a broad spectrum of fields, including but not limited to economics, education, politics, and medicine.

 

We have conducted multiple high-profile investigations, collaborating with partners from numerous countries such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), The Guardian (UK), Siena (Lithuania), Re:Baltica (Latvia), Delfi (Estonia), Front Story (Poland), Armando.Info (Venezuela), and Dossier (Austria), among others. Our investigators worked on the most massive offshore data leak, the Pandora Papers. The investigations carried out by us won accolades at the Volnaje Slova competition and were selected as finalists for the esteemed European IJ4EU Impact Award.

 

Our investigations had real-life consequences: European leaders enforced sanctions, and law enforcement officials initiated inspections and criminal investigations. They also led to a reversal of the public procurement results and the resumption of life-saving surgeries in regular hospitals.

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Aliaksandr Yarashevich

Aliaksandr joined the profession in 2010. For a while, he worked at BelaPAN, the oldest non-state media agency in Belarus. From 2021 to 2023, he was a member of the Belarusian Investigative Center team. The journalist won the 2020 Volnaje Slova award. Aliaksandr has researched the business dealings of the Bakiyev family in Belarus, the covert agreements made by Belarusian authorities in Zimbabwe and Venezuela, Lukashenka's top moneybags, and the evasion of sanctions.

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Volha Ratmirava

Volha has worked as a journalist since 2012. Until 2019, she took part in a legal programme on the Belarusian state STV channel as a journalist, presenter, author and editor. In early 2019, she started working as a reporter for Belsat's programmes, I Have the Right and Private Assets. From mid-2019, she worked as a journalist and presenter for the Belarusian Investigative Centre, featuring on Let's Figure It Out and Frankly Speaking shows. From 2021 to 2023, she led the investigations team at the Belarusian Investigative Centre. In 2023, she mentored the Belarus Beehive project. Volha is a holder of two Volnaje Slova awards. The journalist has authored several high-profile investigations into corruption in the Belarusian healthcare and education systems, as well as bribery and nepotism within the upper echelons of power in Belarus.

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Aliaksei Karpeka

The first Belarusian journalist to be shortlisted for the European Press Prize. He began his investigative work by reporting on Viktar Sheiman's private enterprise Guardservice and the clandestine gold mining in Zimbabwe by businessmen with close ties to Lukashenka. During his investigative journalism work, Aliaksei gathered proof of Lukashenka's businessman Aliaksandr Zaitsau collaborating with Catholic priest Ihar Lashuk to bypass sanctions. He also discovered concealed property in Austria belonging to Mikalai Varabei, another businessman with pro-government leanings. It was Karpeka who revealed Aleksin's "present" of nearly a dozen cars and motorcycles to Lukashenka's security service.