In August 2000, the association was changed into a unitary enterprise and in 2002 it became OJSC Grodno Azot.

[4] After the falsified Belarusian Presidential elections on August 9, 2020, Grodno Azot workers joined the opposition protests and national strike; however, many were detained and beaten by the police on multiple occasions.

[9][10][11] On 9 August 2021, the US has added Grodno Azot CEO Igor Lyashenko to the SDN list.

[13] New arrests were associated with the threat of Alexander Lukashenko that workers who reveal the ways of bypassing the sanctions would be put in jail for a long time.

[19][20][21][22][23] In October 2024, it was reported that Grodno Azot products were being supplied to Ukraine under the guise of being produced in Turkmenistan through a company registered in the United Arab Emirates.