Anti-Corruption Foundation
The Anti-Corruption Foundation 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. 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.
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; in 2016, 45 million.Management
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. 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, ex-ice hockey player
2014
- Corruption of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his son Igor Lebedev, 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
- Corruption affairs of Mikhail Kusnirovich
- Corruption affairs of Roman Abramovich
- Corruption affairs of Gennady Timchenko
- Corruption affairs of Night Wolves
- Corruption of Viacheslav Fetisov, member of Federation Council, ex-ice hockey player
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
- 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
- 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 September 5 searches were conducted at the FBK office and at the "Navalny LIVE" studio.
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.
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.
On October 8, the police filed lawsuit against FBK for "costs of maintaining order during rallies" in the amount of 18 mln rub.
On October 9, the FBK has been declared a "foreign agent" by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
On October 15, the ICR again carried out mass raids on the FBK regional offices in 30 Russian cities.