Wednesday, December 25, 2019

FBK Navalny



"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. 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.

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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Corruption_Foundation

"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."


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"Mr Navalny, Russia's most prominent unelected opposition figure, has waged a campaign for more than a decade against corruption and is a sharp critic of Mr Putin's rule.

The FBK was declared a "foreign agent" by the Russian justice ministry in October, making it subject to more checks by the authorities."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50912822


***Published 12/25/19 11:47 PST
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Dec. 26, 2019 at 8:46 a.m. PST

MOSCOW — In Russian authorities’ latest crackdown this week on Kremlin critics, opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation office was raided Thursday, just days after one of his top aides was suddenly conscripted and sent to a desolate base in the Arctic.

Navalny, who was barred from running in Russia’s 2018 presidential election, said on Twitter that he was dragged out of the office before eventually being allowed to return.

 In the moments before his brief detention, Navalny live-streamed the raid as police used power tools to saw through the door."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/raids-and-conscription-how-russian-authorities-have-cracked-down-on-kremlin-critics-this-week/2019/12/26/206ed67a-27c6-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html

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