Anti-Corruption Foundation
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (Russian: Фонд борьбы с коррупцией (Fond Borby s Korruptsiyey), abbr. ФБК, FBK) is a Russian nonprofit organization based in Moscow established in 2011 by activist and politician Alexei Navalny. Its main goal is to investigate and to expose corruption cases among high-ranking Russian government officials.[1] Its distinguishing feature is that it is funded by private donations from Russian citizens. Among other activities, the foundation publishes movies on YouTube about corruption of Russian officials, such as Chaika and He Is Not Dimon to You.
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Abbreviation | ФБК, FBK |
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Formation | 9 September 2011 |
Type | NGO |
Legal status | Non-commercial foundation (Article 7, NCO Law of Russia) |
Purpose | Fighting corruption in Russia |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Staff | 30 |
Website | fbk |
Mission
FBK carries out investigations into corruption by Russian authorities. They are taking measures to prevent stealing of budget money. FBK also helps people make sure that authorities work correctly to provide normal conditions in the field of utilities sector, transport, roadways, elections, etc.
Budget
FBK is funded by money transfers from its supporters; mostly these are donations from ordinary people. In 2014 the budget was 28.5 million roubles;[2] in 2016, 45 million.[3]
Management[4]
Position | Name |
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Founder of FBK | Alexey Navalny |
Director of FBK | Ivan Zhdanov |
Executive manager | Vladimir Ashurkov |
Press secretary | Kira Yarmysh |
Creative director | Varvara Mikhaylova |
"Navalny Live" YouTube channel producer | Lyubov Sobol |
Anti-corruption project "RosPil" | Alexander Golovach, Valery Zolotukhin |
Anti-corruption project "RosYama" | Anatoly Kravchenko |
Responsible for investigations | Georgy Alburov, Nikita Kulachenkov |
Media
FBK created its own media, 'Leviathan', in order to have a possibility to register for press conferences of Vladimir Putin and make a request to authorities. Since 2016 it has been publishing one news item per day.[5] The name 'Leviathan' was taken from Leviathan, 2014 award-winning film by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Films
FBK has made the following films:
- Chaika, 2015 film about corruption of Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika;
- He Is Not Dimon to You, 2017 film about umpteen properties used by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
- Yachts, oligarchs, girls: a hunter for men exposes a bribe taker, 2018 film about informal relations between Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska and member of the Russian government Sergei Prikhodko, as well as possible sexual relations between Sergei Prikhodko and an employee of the escort agency Anastasia Vashukevich.
Important investigations
2013
- Corruption of Vyacheslav Volodin, Sergey Neverov and other members of United Russia party
- Corruption of Vladimir Yakunin, ex-RZD
- Corruption of Vladimir Pekhtin, MP
- Corruption of Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow
- Corruption of Viacheslav Fetisov, member of Federation Council (Russia), ex-ice hockey player
2014
- Corruption of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his son Igor Lebedev (politician), both are members of the parliament
- Corruption of Viktor Khristenko and his wife Tatyana Golikova, both were in the government
- Corruption affairs of Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Romanovich Rotenberg
- Corruption of Anton Drozdov, Pension Fund of the Russian Federation
2015
- Corruption and other crimes of Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika and his sons
- Corruption of Sergey Shoygu, Minister of Defence
- Corruption of Natalya Timakova, press attaché to the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
- Corruption of Dmitry Peskov, press attaché to the Vladimir Putin
- Corruption of Vladimir Yakunin and his son (addition)
- Corruption affairs of Mikhail Kusnirovich
- Corruption affairs of Roman Abramovich
- Corruption affairs of Gennady Timchenko
- Corruption affairs of Night Wolves (a motorcycle club under Putin's patronage)
- Corruption of Viacheslav Fetisov, member of Federation Council (Russia), ex-ice hockey player (addition)
2016
- Grab of a river by Vyacheslav Volodin, Sergey Neverov and other members of United Russia party
- Villa of General of FSB right on the border
- Illegal prowhisper of population
- Corruption of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Web brigades and Trolls from Olgino (Russia's governmental troll army)
- Petr Kolbin, friend and secret purse of Vladimir Putin
- A luxury yacht for Igor Sechin's wife
- Illegal villa of Nikolay Merkushkin, governor of Samara Oblast
- Corruption of Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
- Maxim Liksutov in case of Sergei Magnitsky
- Corruption of Viktor Zolotov, Director of the National Guard of Russia
- Corruption of Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, in charge of defense industry
- Corruption of Aleksandr Sidyakin, member of parliament
2017
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- Corruption of Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev
2018
- Corruption of Sergei Prikhodko, First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office
2019
- Corruption of Andrey Metelsky, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Lyudmila Stebenkova, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Stepan Orlov, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Kirill Shchitov, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Alexei Shaposhnikov, the chairman of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Vladimir Platonov, the former chairman of the Moscow City Duma
- Corruption of Natalya Sergunina, the vice-mayor of Moscow
- Corruption of Alexander Gorbenko, the vice-mayor of Moscow
- Corruption of Pyotr Biryukov, the vice-mayor of Moscow
- Corruption of Valentin Gorbunov, the head of the MCEC
- Corruption of Boris Ebzeev, the member of the CEC
- Corruption of Nikolay Bulaev, the vice-chairman of the CEC
- Corruption of Anton Siluanov, Russian Minister of Finance
Criminal case and a "foreign agent" status
On August 3, the ICR opened a criminal case against the FBK on laundering 1 billion rub (~US$15.5 mln).[6] Later the amount was reduced to 75 mln rub (~US$1.15 mln).[7]
On September 5 searches were conducted at the FBK office and at the "Navalny LIVE" studio.[8]
Soon after the 2019 Moscow City Duma election, on September 12 the ICR carried out mass raids on the FBK regional offices in 40 Russian cities.[9][10]
In September various state-owned companies filed lawsuits against FBK for "organizing riots", and the courts partially satisfied them in the amount of 5 mln rub (~US$78 000).[11]
On October 8, the police filed lawsuit against FBK for "costs of maintaining order during rallies" in the amount of 18 mln rub (~US280 000).[12]
On October 9, the FBK has been declared a "foreign agent" by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.[13][14]
On October 15, the ICR again carried out mass raids on the FBK regional offices in 30 Russian cities.[15][16]
References
- "About FBK".
- "Annual report of FBK-2014".
- "Annual report of FBK-2016" (PDF).
- "Фонд борьбы с коррупцией". сайт ФБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- "Leviathan media".
- "СК возбудил дело об отмывании ФБК Навального 1 млрд руб". РБК. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Ведомости (2019-10-10). "Признание ФБК иностранным агентом призвано затруднить его участие в политике". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- "Силовики в ФБК, в офисе "Навальный Live" и в московском штабе политика". Медиазона. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- "Суд разрешил провести еще 47 обысков по делу ФБК". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Bennetts, Marc (2019-09-12). "Russian police carry out mass raids against opposition activists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Ведомости (2019-10-16). "Суд вернул компании по аренде автомобилей иск к ФБК на 1 млрд рублей". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- "Полиция Москвы решила отсудить у оппозиции 18 млн рублей". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Ведомости (2019-10-10). "Признание ФБК иностранным агентом призвано затруднить его участие в политике". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Russia brands opposition leader Navalny anti-corruption group a 'foreign agent' | DW | 09.10.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- "СКР сообщил об обысках по делу ФБК в 30 городах". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Walker, Shaun (2019-10-15). "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemns mass raids". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-28.