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.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation
Фонд борьбы с коррупцией
AbbreviationФБК, FBK
Formation9 September 2011
TypeNGO
Legal statusNon-commercial foundation (Article 7, NCO Law of Russia)
PurposeFighting corruption in Russia
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Staff
30
Websitefbk.info/english/about/

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
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:

Important investigations

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017
Volunteers and employees of the Anti-corruption Foundation arrested on 26 March 2017

2018

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]

See also

References
  1. "About FBK".
  2. "Annual report of FBK-2014".
  3. "Annual report of FBK-2016" (PDF).
  4. "Фонд борьбы с коррупцией". сайт ФБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  5. "Leviathan media".
  6. "СК возбудил дело об отмывании ФБК Навального 1 млрд руб". РБК. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  7. Ведомости (2019-10-10). "Признание ФБК иностранным агентом призвано затруднить его участие в политике". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  8. "Силовики в ФБК, в офисе "Навальный Live" и в московском штабе политика". Медиазона. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  9. "Суд разрешил провести еще 47 обысков по делу ФБК". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  10. Bennetts, Marc (2019-09-12). "Russian police carry out mass raids against opposition activists". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  11. Ведомости (2019-10-16). "Суд вернул компании по аренде автомобилей иск к ФБК на 1 млрд рублей". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  12. "Полиция Москвы решила отсудить у оппозиции 18 млн рублей". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  13. Ведомости (2019-10-10). "Признание ФБК иностранным агентом призвано затруднить его участие в политике". www.vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  14. 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.
  15. "СКР сообщил об обысках по делу ФБК в 30 городах". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  16. Walker, Shaun (2019-10-15). "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemns mass raids". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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