{{Short description|Russian nonprofit organization}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox organization | logo_alt = The lowercase letters A C F in blue, followed by an orange baseline dot. | logo_caption = Logo since 2022 | image = | formation = 2011 | founder = [[Alexei Navalny]] | type = NGO | status = | purpose = [[Anti-corruption]] | headquarters = | name = Anti-Corruption Foundation | native_name = Фонд борьбы с коррупцией | native_name_lang = russian | logo = Logo of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (2022).svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | leader_title = Chairwoman of the Board of Directors | leader_name = [[Maria Pevchikh]], since 22 March 2023<ref>https://www.svoboda.org/a/fbk-posle-otstavki-leonida-volkova-vozglavila-mariya-pevchih/32329728.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322164443/https://www.svoboda.org/a/fbk-posle-otstavki-leonida-volkova-vozglavila-mariya-pevchih/32329728.html |date=22 March 2023 }} ФБК после отставки Леонида Волкова возглавила Мария Певчих</ref> | image_size = | dissolved = 9 June 2021 (in Russia) | map_size = 300px | abbreviation = {{ubl|FBK (English)|ФБК (Russian)}} | num_staff = | website = {{URL|https://fbk.info}} }} {{Liberalism in Russia|Organisations}} The '''Anti-Corruption Foundation''' ('''ACF'''; {{langx|ru|Фонд борьбы с коррупцией (ФБК)|Fond borby s korruptsiyey}}, '''FBK'''; {{literal translation|Foundation for combating corruption}}) is a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organisation]] established in 2011 by the Russian opposition figure [[Alexei Navalny]]. The FBK published investigations into alleged corruption by high-ranking Russian government officials.<ref name="Foy" /> The organisation is funded by private donations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/navalny-ally-urges-donors-use-cryptocurrency-due-crackdown-2021-06-02/|title=Navalny ally urges donors to use cryptocurrency due to crackdown|website=Reuters|date=2 June 2021|access-date=29 March 2022|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602184916/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/navalny-ally-urges-donors-use-cryptocurrency-due-crackdown-2021-06-02/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 9 October 2019, the FBK was declared a "[[Russian foreign agent law|foreign agent]]" by the [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Russian Ministry of Justice]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="dw-2019" /> On 9 June 2021, the FBK was designated as an "extremist" organisation and liquidated by the [[Moscow City Court]].<ref name="mt-20210609">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/06/09/russia-blacklists-navalnys-political-and-activist-movements-as-extremist-a74159|title=Russia Blacklists Navalny's Political and Activist Movements as 'Extremist'|website=The Moscow Times|date=9 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609204246/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/06/09/russia-blacklists-navalnys-political-and-activist-movements-as-extremist-a74159|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/mosgorsud-priznal-fbk-jekstremistskoj-organizaciej/a-57825179|title=Мосгорсуд признал ФБК экстремистской организацией|trans-title=The Moscow City Court recognized the FBK as an extremist organization|website=dw.com|date=9 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030060424/https://www.dw.com/ru/mosgorsud-priznal-fbk-jekstremistskoj-organizaciej/a-57825179|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 July 2022, while imprisoned, Navalny announced the relaunch of the FBK as an international organisation.<ref name="relaunch" /> On 27 November 2025, the Russian Supreme Court designated the FBK as a "[[List of organizations designated as terrorist or extremist by Russia|terrorist organisation]]".<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=27 November 2025 |title=Russia Labels Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Group as Terrorist Organization|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/russia-navalny-terrorist.html |access-date=1 December 2025 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
The [[European Court of Human Rights]] and [[Amnesty International]] have condemned the Russian Federation's legal actions against ACF and Alexei Navalny, like the designations as "foreign agent", "extremist" and "terrorist", deeming them as politically motivated trial and political and unlawful persecutions.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web|title=ECHR rules Russia’s persecution of Navalny and his supporters unlawful and politically motivated |url=https://theins.ru/en/news/287817}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Mission == FBK Executive Director [[Vladimir Ashurkov]] formulated the fund's strategy as pressure on the authorities in order to push them towards internal reforms, working in two directions: organising situations in which government structures will feel pressure, and creating a real alternative to the current power system.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=Badanin|first1=Roman|last2=Osipov|first2=Ivan|date=25 April 2012|title="Я понимал, что сотрудничество с Навальным может быть угрозой для моей работы"|trans-title=I understood that cooperation with Navalny could be a threat to my work|url=https://www.forbes.ru//sobytiya/lyudi/81639-ya-ponimal-chto-sotrudnichestvo-s-navalnym-mozhet-predstavlyat-ugrozu-dlya-moei|access-date=16 December 2020|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
==History== {{Navalny sidebar}}
=== Creation === FBK was founded by Alexei Navalny.<ref name="Foy">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/82ff1707-fd44-43e8-887d-85d02a656e6b|title=Russia outlaws Alexei Navalny's organisations as 'extremist'|website=Financial Times|author1=Henry Foy|author2=Aime Williams|date=10 June 2021|access-date=29 March 2022|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610000646/https://www.ft.com/content/82ff1707-fd44-43e8-887d-85d02a656e6b|url-status=live}}</ref> The Foundation was registered on 9 September 2011 (account No. 7714013315, OGRN 1117799018204).<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 December 2020|title=Портал государственных услуг|trans-title=Government services portal|url=http://unro.minjust.ru/NKOs.aspx|access-date=16 December 2020|website=unro.minjust.ru|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411064509/http://unro.minjust.ru/NKOs.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Vladimir Ashurkov, the founders of the fund gained experience in public and transparent fundraising by organising financing for the RosPil project. A significant amount was collected through the [[YooMoney|Yandex.Money]] payment system, which provided financial support for the project for a year. In parallel, the founders of the fund are working on the idea of involving on a permanent basis professional [[lawyer]]s and [[economist]]s in the search for and suppression of corruption schemes in the [[Government procurement|public procurement]] system. The contractual basis will allow to get some guarantees, in contrast to the scheme for working with volunteers.<ref name=":1" />
=== Criminal case and "foreign agent" status === On 3 August 2019, the [[Investigative Committee of Russia]] (SKR) opened a criminal case against the FBK, accusing them of laundering ₽1 billion (c. US$15.5 mln).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gubenko|first=Artyom|date=3 August 2019|title=СК возбудил дело об отмывании ФБК Навального 1 млрд руб.|trans-title=The Investigative Committee opened a case on the laundering of FBK Navalny 1 billion rubles|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/03/08/2019/5d457c5f9a79476c2db70a3b|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[RBK Group]]|archive-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803125855/https://www.rbc.ru/society/03/08/2019/5d457c5f9a79476c2db70a3b|url-status=live}}</ref> Later the amount was reduced to ₽75 million (c. US$1.15 mln).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Mukhametshina|first1=Elena|last2=Krechetova|first2=Angelina|last3=Chunova|first3=Alexandra|date=10 October 2019|title=Признание ФБК иностранным агентом призвано затруднить его участие в политике|trans-title=FBK's recognition as a foreign agent is intended to hinder its participation in politics|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2019/10/10/813309-fbk-inostrannim-agentom|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Vedomosti]]|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010010407/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2019/10/10/813309-fbk-inostrannim-agentom|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 5 September 2019, searches were conducted at the FBK office and at the "Navalny LIVE" studio.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 September 2019|title=Силовики в ФБК, в офисе 'Навальный Live' и в московском штабе политика|trans-title=Security officials at FBK, at the Navalny Live office and at the politician's Moscow headquarters|url=https://zona.media/chronicle/navalny_live|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[MediaZona]]|language=ru|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016224816/https://zona.media/chronicle/navalny_live|url-status=live}}</ref>
Soon after the [[2019 Moscow City Duma election]], on 12 September 2019 the SKR carried out mass raids on the FBK regional offices in 40 Russian cities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 September 2019|title=Суд разрешил провести еще 47 обысков по делу ФБК|trans-title=The court allowed 47 more searches in the FBK case|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4095629|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Kommersant]]|language=ru|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926132334/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4095629|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bennetts|first=Marc|date=12 September 2019|title=Russian police carry out mass raids against opposition activists|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/russian-police-raid-homes-and-offices-of-opposition-activists|access-date=28 October 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
In September 2019, various [[State-owned enterprise|state-owned companies]] filed lawsuits against FBK for "organising [[riot]]s", and the courts partially satisfied them in the amount of ₽5 million (c. US$78 000).<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2019|title=Суд вернул компании по аренде автомобилей иск к ФБК на 1 млрд рублей|trans-title=The court returned the car rental company a claim against FBK for 1 billion rubles|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2019/10/16/813899-sud-vernul|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Vedomosti]]|language=ru|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022234503/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2019/10/16/813899-sud-vernul|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 8 October 2019, the police filed a lawsuit against FBK for "costs of maintaining order during rallies" in the amount of ₽18 million (c. US$280,000).<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2019|title=Полиция Москвы решила отсудить у оппозиции 18 млн рублей|trans-title=Moscow police decided to sue the opposition for 18 million rubles|url=https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/679483|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Interfax]]|language=ru|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215338/https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/679483|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 9 October 2019, the FBK was declared a "[[Russian foreign agent law|foreign agent]]" by the [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation]] due to payments from the [[United States]] and [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dergachev|first=Vladimir|date=9 October 2019|title=Минюст объявил фонд Алексея Навального иностранным агентом|trans-title=Ministry of Justice declares Alexey Navalny's fund a foreign agent|language=ru|work=[[RBK Group|RBK]]|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/10/2019/5d9dd4019a794733fee77221|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725015458/https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/10/2019/5d9dd4019a794733fee77221?|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name="dw-2019">{{Cite web|date=9 October 2019|title=Russia brands opposition leader Navalny anti-corruption group a 'foreign agent'|url=https://www.dw.com/en/russia-brands-opposition-leader-navalny-anti-corruption-group-a-foreign-agent/a-50749681|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009115205/https://www.dw.com/en/russia-brands-opposition-leader-navalny-anti-corruption-group-a-foreign-agent/a-50749681|url-status=live}}</ref> One of these payments was the payment of [[United States dollar|US$]]50 made by Yuriy Maslikhov, a [[Russian nationality law|Russian citizen]] residing in the United States. In an interview with journalists, Yuriy Maslikhov stated that he had transferred the money from his [[PayPal]] account as an individual and he had been carrying out such donations earlier.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=12 October 2019|title='Это всё была провокация': интервью 'американского спонсора' Навального|trans-title='It was all a provocation': interview with 'American sponsor' Navalny|language=ru|work=Openmedia.io|url=https://openmedia.io/infometer/eto-vsyo-byla-provokaciya-intervyu-amerikanskogo-sponsora-navalnogo/|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=12 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012112423/https://openmedia.io/infometer/eto-vsyo-byla-provokaciya-intervyu-amerikanskogo-sponsora-navalnogo/|url-status=live}}</ref> Two other payments totalling [[Russian ruble|₽]]138,505.41 (c. [[United States dollar|US$]]2170) were carried out by [[Spaniards|Spanish citizen]] Roberto Fabio Monda Cardenas through [[CaixaBank]] on 6 and 17 September 2019. Answering a question of journalists how he, unable to speak [[Russian language|Russian]], found out the wire payment instructions of the Anti-Corruption Foundation after its removing from official website of the organisation, Roberto Fabio Monda Cardenas was unable to explain.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kovalev |first=Alexey |author-link=Alexey Kovalev (journalist) |date=18 October 2019 |title='Медуза' нашла испанца, из-за которого ФБК признали 'иностранным агентом'. Он не может объяснить, зачем помогал российским борцам с коррупцией |language=ru |trans-title=Meduza found a Spaniard who caused the FBK to be recognized as a "foreign agent". He cannot explain why he helped Russian corruption fighters |work=[[Meduza]] |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2019/10/18/meduza-nashla-ispantsa-iz-za-kotorogo-fbk-priznali-inostrannym-agentom-on-ne-mozhet-ob-yasnit-zachem-pomogal-rossiyskim-bortsam-s-korruptsiey |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018063815/https://meduza.io/feature/2019/10/18/meduza-nashla-ispantsa-iz-za-kotorogo-fbk-priznali-inostrannym-agentom-on-ne-mozhet-ob-yasnit-zachem-pomogal-rossiyskim-bortsam-s-korruptsiey |url-status=live }}</ref> These payments were carried out at a time when the bank account of the Anti-Corruption Foundation was frozen at the request of the [[Investigative Committee of Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Davydov|first1=Viktor|last2=Belyaeva|first2=Nadezhda|date=8 August 2019|title=В ФБК провели обыски и арестовали счета по делу об отмывании денег. Сумма 'легализованных средств' снизилась с миллиарда до 75 миллионов рублей|trans-title=The FBK was searched and arrested accounts in the case of money laundering. The amount of 'legalized funds' has decreased from a billion to 75 million rubles|language=ru|work=[[Meduza]]|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2019/08/08/v-fbk-proveli-obyski-i-arestovali-scheta-po-delu-ob-otmyvanii-deneg-summa-legalizovannyh-sredstv-snizilas-s-milliarda-do-75-millionov-rubley|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425173218/https://meduza.io/feature/2019/08/08/v-fbk-proveli-obyski-i-arestovali-scheta-po-delu-ob-otmyvanii-deneg-summa-legalizovannyh-sredstv-snizilas-s-milliarda-do-75-millionov-rubley|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the fact that the Anti-Corruption Foundation gave the money back, [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Ministry of Justice of Russia]] refused to remove the Anti-Corruption Foundation from the register of "foreign agents".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=25 December 2020|title=Минюст отказался исключить ФБК из реестра 'иностранных агентов'|trans-title=Ministry of Justice refused to remove FBK from the register of 'foreign agents'|language=ru|work=[[Meduza]]|url=https://meduza.io/news/2020/12/25/minyust-otkazalsya-isklyuchit-fbk-iz-reestra-inostrannyh-agentov|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716152512/https://meduza.io/news/2020/12/25/minyust-otkazalsya-isklyuchit-fbk-iz-reestra-inostrannyh-agentov|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 15 October 2019, the SKR again carried out mass raids on the FBK regional offices in 30 Russian cities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2019|title=СКР сообщил об обысках по делу ФБК в 30 городах|trans-title=Investigative Committee of Russia reported about searches in the FBK case in 30 cities|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/680395|access-date=28 October 2019|website=[[Interfax]]|language=ru|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015085058/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/680395|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Shaun|date=15 October 2019|title=Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemns mass raids|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/mass-raids-target-russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny|access-date=28 October 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
=== Change of legal entity and dissolution === In February 2019, FBK published an investigation that reported that in December 2018, mass food poisoning of children occurred in kindergartens and schools in Moscow. FBK blamed Concord Food Plant LLC, Moskovskiy Shkolnik LLC and VITO-1 LLC for this, which he linked with [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]]. Subsequently, Moscow schools No. 760 and No. 1554 assessed fines against Moskovskiy Shkolnik due to the supply of low-quality food.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
In April 2019, Moskovskiy Shkolnik filed a lawsuit against FBK, Navalny, FBK lawyer [[Lyubov Sobol]], who was in charge of the investigation, and its former employee Natalya Shilova, who was involved in the investigation.
In October 2019, the Moscow Arbitration Court ordered Navalny to pay 29.2 million rubles as compensation for lost profits and damage to professional reputation. The court ordered Lyubov Sobol and FBK to pay the same amount. The Court of Appeal upheld this decision.
In July 2020, Navalny said that he saw no reason to raise money to pay the "huge amount". He announced that the FBK would be liquidated, and that he and Sobol "until the end of Putin's power" would have to live with blocked accounts and bailiffs seizing any of their property in favour of "Putin's chef". Navalny said that he intended to revive the FBK shortly after as another legal entity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 April 2019|title=Московская школа выиграла иск на 1,5 млн рублей из-за поставок некачественной еды|trans-title=The Moscow school won a lawsuit for 1.5 million rubles for the supply of low-quality food|url=https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/657104|access-date=11 December 2019|website=[[Interfax]]|language=ru|archive-date=2 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602085913/https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/657104|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Duryagina|first=Kira|date=29 October 2019|title=Иск подают холодным|trans-title=The claim is served cold|work=[[Kommersant]]|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4141406|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802075408/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4141406|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Rozhkova|first1=Elena|last2=Glukhova|first2=Natalia|date=21 July 2020|title=Алексей Навальный изменился в юрлице|trans-title=Alexey Navalny has changed in the legal entity|work=[[Kommersant]]|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4424888|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814202454/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4424888|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kalyukov|first=Evgeny|date=28 October 2019|title=Навальный сообщил о взыскании ₽88 млн в пользу 'Московского школьника'|trans-title=Navalny announced the recovery of ₽88 million in favour of the "Moscow Schoolboy"|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/28/10/2019/5db6e82e9a794767ea737163|access-date=11 December 2019|website=[[RBK Group]]|language=ru|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722115522/https://www.rbc.ru/society/28/10/2019/5db6e82e9a794767ea737163|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=20 July 2020|title=Навальный объявил о закрытии ФБК. Вместо фонда создадут новую организацию|language=ru|trans-title=Navalny announced the closure of FBK. A new organization will be created instead of the foundation|work=[[BBC Russian Service]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-53475063|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720205030/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-53475063|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Designation as an "extremist" organisation=== [[File:FBK logo new.svg|left|thumb|Russian-language logo since 2020]] On 16 April 2021, the Moscow prosecutor office requested the [[Moscow City Court]] to declare organisations linked to Navalny including the FBK and his headquarters as "extremist", claiming: "Under the disguise of liberal slogans, these organisations are engaged in creating conditions for the destabilisation of the social and socio-political situation."<ref>{{cite news|last=Levchenko|first=Grigoriy|date=16 April 2021|title=Прокуратура потребовала признать ФБК экстремистской организацией|trans-title=The prosecutor's office demanded to recognize the FBK as an extremist organization|language=ru|work=[[Meduza]]|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2021/04/16/prokuratura-potrebovala-priznat-fbk-ekstremistskoy-organizatsiey|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417164132/https://meduza.io/feature/2021/04/16/prokuratura-potrebovala-priznat-fbk-ekstremistskoy-organizatsiey|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Navalny aide [[Leonid Volkov (politician)|Leonid Volkov]] stated: "Putin has just announced full-scale mass political repression in Russia."<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Anastasia|date=16 April 2021|title=Russian Prosecutors Seek to Label Navalny Groups as 'Extremist'|language=en|work=[[The Moscow Times]]|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/16/russian-prosecutors-seek-to-label-navalny-groups-as-extremist-a73631|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416183841/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/16/russian-prosecutors-seek-to-label-navalny-groups-as-extremist-a73631|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 26 April 2021, the Moscow prosecutor office ordered Navalny's network of regional offices to stop its activities, pending a ruling by the court on whether to designate them and the FBK as "extremist" organisations. The move was condemned by [[Germany]] and [[Amnesty International]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=26 April 2021|title=Russia Orders Navalny Group to Suspend Activities|language=en|work=[[The Moscow Times]]|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/26/russia-orders-navalny-group-to-suspend-activities-a73734|access-date=27 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427031723/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/26/russia-orders-navalny-group-to-suspend-activities-a73734|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=27 April 2021|title=Суд ограничил деятельность фондов Навального по иску об экстремизме|trans-title=The court restricted the activities of Navalny's funds in a lawsuit about extremism|language=ru|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-56890284|access-date=13 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512191924/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-56890284|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 9 June 2021, Vyacheslav Polyga, [[judge]] of [[Moscow City Court]], upheld the administrative claim of the [[prosecutor]] of [[Moscow]] city Denis Popov and, rejecting all the petitions of the defense, decided<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team29.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reshenie_FBK.pdf|title=Решение Московского городского суда от 9 June 2021 года по делу №3а-1573/2021 |trans-title=Decision of the Moscow City Court dated June 9, 2021 in case No. 3a-1573/2021|publisher=Team29.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629180921/https://team29.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reshenie_FBK.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> to declare the Anti-Corruption Foundation as an "extremist" organisation, to liquidate it and to [[Confiscation|confiscate]] its assets; a similar decision had been taken against the Citizens' Rights Protection Foundation; the activity of the [[Political campaign staff|Alexei Navalny staff]] was prohibited (case No.3а-1573/2021).<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=9 June 2021|title=Мосгорсуд признал ФБК и штабы Навального экстремистскими организациями|trans-title=The Moscow City Court recognized the FBK and Navalny's headquarters as extremist organizations|language=ru|work=[[MediaZona]]|url=https://zona.media/news/2021/06/09/fbk|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609234705/https://zona.media/news/2021/06/09/fbk|url-status=live}}</ref> The case hearing was held ''[[in camera]]'' because, as indicated by [[advocate]] [[Ilia Novikov]], the case file including the text of the administrative claim was [[Classified information|classified]] as a [[Classified information#Secret|state secret]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Safonova|first=Kristina|date=11 June 2021|title='ФБК — это самая важная организация в России. Прокуроры нас убеждали в том же самом' Интервью адвоката Ильи Новикова — об итогах суда над структурами Навального|trans-title='FBK is the most important organization in Russia. The prosecutors convinced us of the same thing' Interview with lawyer Ilya Novikov – on the results of the trial of Navalny's structures|language=ru|work=[[Meduza]]|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2021/06/10/fbk-eto-samaya-vazhnaya-organizatsiya-v-rossii-prokurory-nas-ubezhdali-v-tom-zhe-samom|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=30 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330080720/https://meduza.io/feature/2021/06/10/fbk-eto-samaya-vazhnaya-organizatsiya-v-rossii-prokurory-nas-ubezhdali-v-tom-zhe-samom|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[advocate]] [[Ivan Pavlov (lawyer)|Ivan Pavlov]], Alexei Navalny was not a party to the proceedings and the [[judge]] refused to give him such status; at the hearing, the [[prosecutor]] stated that the defendants constitute "extremist" organisations because they want a change of power in [[Russia]] and they promised to help participants of the protest with payment of administrative and criminal fines and with making complaints to the [[European Court of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=9 June 2021|title=Суд признал ФБК и Штабы Навального экстремистскими и запретил их|trans-title=The court recognized the FBK and Navalny's Headquarters as extremist and banned them|language=ru|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Liberty]]|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/mosgorsud-priznal-fbk-i-shtaby-navaljnogo-ekstremistskimi-i-zapretil/31299399.html|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614145422/https://www.svoboda.org/a/mosgorsud-priznal-fbk-i-shtaby-navaljnogo-ekstremistskimi-i-zapretil/31299399.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mt-20210609" /> On 4 August 2021, [[First Appellate Ordinary Court (Russia)|First Appellate Ordinary Court]] located in [[Moscow]] upheld the decision of the court of first instance (case No.66а-3553/2021) and this decision entered into force that day.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dyuryagina|first=Kira|date=4 August 2021|title=ФБК не прошёл апелляцию|trans-title=FBK did not pass the appeal|language=ru|work=[[Kommersant]]|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4928980#id2092924|access-date=23 August 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823111302/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4928980#id2092924|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 December 2021, it was reported that Anti-Corruption Foundation, Citizens' Rights Protection Foundation and 18 natural persons including Alexei Navalny filed a cassation appeals to the Second Cassation Ordinary Court.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kropman|first=Vitaliy|title=Признание ФБК "экстремистской организацией" обжаловано в суде|language=ru|date=28 December 2021|magazine=[[Deutsche Welle]]|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/priznanie-fbk-jekstremistskoj-organizaciej-obzhalovali-v-sude/a-60277415|access-date=28 May 2022|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032231/https://www.dw.com/ru/priznanie-fbk-jekstremistskoj-organizaciej-obzhalovali-v-sude/a-60277415|url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 March 2022, the [[Second Cassation Ordinary Court (Russia)|Second Cassation Ordinary Court]] rejected all cassation appeals and upheld the judgements of lower courts (case No.8а-5101/2022).<ref>{{cite news|title=Кассационный суд отклонил жалобы на признание ФБК экстремистской организацией|language=ru|date=25 March 2022|publisher=[[Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial Information]]|url=http://rapsinews.ru/judicial_news/20220325/307827684.html|access-date=28 May 2022|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531011752/http://rapsinews.ru/judicial_news/20220325/307827684.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Several members of the organisation, including [[Lilia Chanysheva]] (the head of the [[Ufa]] branch of the organisation) and [[Daniel Kholodny]] (the technical director of the foundation's [[YouTube]] channel), were arrested and sentenced to long prison sentences. [[Memorial (society)|Memorial]] considers them [[political prisoners]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Мы считаем политзаключёнными сторонников Алексея Навального, обвинённых по делу об «экстремистском сообществе» |url=https://www.memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-eshhyo-troih-storonnikov-alekseya-navalnogo-obvinyonnyh-po-delu-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve/ |website=Мемориал |date=13 September 2022 |access-date=6 August 2023 |language=ru |archive-date=6 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806155559/https://www.memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-eshhyo-troih-storonnikov-alekseya-navalnogo-obvinyonnyh-po-delu-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Relaunch as international organisation===
In January 2021, former Russian banker [[Alexander Zheleznyak]] registered the international non-profit Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Courtney |last2=Palma |first2=Stefania |date=2022-12-16 |title=Fall of the house of Sergei Leontiev |url=https://www.ft.com/content/60f608b5-ef23-40b2-a931-2eb5d8faf099 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>
On 11 July 2022, Navalny announced the relaunch of the FBK as an international organisation with an advisory board including his wife [[Yulia Navalnaya]], [[Guy Verhofstadt]], [[Anne Applebaum]], and [[Francis Fukuyama]]; Navalny also stated that the first contribution to Anti-Corruption Foundation International would be the [[Sakharov Prize]] ($50,000) that was awarded to him.<ref name="relaunch">{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-corruption-foundation/31938527.html|title=Navalny Announces Launch Of New Anti-Corruption Foundation|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=11 July 2022|access-date=21 August 2022|archive-date=11 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711163604/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-corruption-foundation/31938527.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-navalny-launches-international-anti-corruption-fund-2022-07-11/|title=Russia's Navalny launches international anti-corruption fund|website=[[Reuters]]|date=11 July 2022|access-date=21 August 2022|archive-date=21 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821140213/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-navalny-launches-international-anti-corruption-fund-2022-07-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 4 October, allies of Navalny said they were relaunching his regional network to fight the [[2022 Russian mobilization|mobilisation]] and [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|war]], saying it would be a "partisan underground" movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/10/04/team-navalny-says-relaunching-regional-network-to-resist-war-mobilization-a78975|title=Team Navalny Says Relaunching Regional Network to Resist War, Mobilization|website=The Moscow Times|date=4 October 2022|access-date=27 October 2022|archive-date=21 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021193949/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/10/04/team-navalny-says-relaunching-regional-network-to-resist-war-mobilization-a78975|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 1 June 2023, the [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Ministry of Justice]] added the Anti-Corruption Foundation International to the list of "[[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organisations]]"; earlier in December 2022, the ACF International was declared a "foreign agent".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2023/06/01/minyust-vnes-fbk-v-spisok-nezhelatelnyh-organizatsiy-ob-etom-dolzhna-byla-prosit-genprokuratura-no-ob-etom-nichego-ne-soobschalos|title=Минюст внес ФБК в список «нежелательных» организаций. Об этом должна была просить Генпрокуратура — но об этом ничего не сообщалось|website=Meduza|date=1 June 2023|language=ru|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602082006/https://meduza.io/news/2023/06/01/minyust-vnes-fbk-v-spisok-nezhelatelnyh-organizatsiy-ob-etom-dolzhna-byla-prosit-genprokuratura-no-ob-etom-nichego-ne-soobschalos|url-status=live}}</ref>
After [[Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny|the death of Navalny]] in a Russian prison in February 2024, his wife [[Yulia Navalnaya]] leads the organisation.<ref name=bbcinterview2024>{{cite interview| first=Yulia| last=Navalnaya |interviewer-last=Razzall |interviewer-first=Katie |title=Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says she'll stand as Russian President |website=BBC News |date=20 October 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref>
On 15 April 2025, Russia sentenced four journalists (Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergei Karelin, and Artem Kriger) to five and a half years in a penal colony. Prosecutors accused the four of producing material for the Anti-Corruption Foundation's YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/europe/russian-journalists-sentenced-navalny-intl/index.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=CNN |date=15 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
On 22 October 2025, the [[Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation|Prosecutor General's Office]] petitioned the [[Supreme Court of Russia]] to designate the ACF as a "terrorist organisation".<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2025-10-23 |title=Russia: Move to label Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation a “terrorist organization” puts thousands in danger |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/10/russia-move-to-label-navalnys-anti-corruption-foundation-a-terrorist-organization-puts-thousands-in-danger/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-26 |work=Amnesty International |language=en}}</ref> On 27 November 2025, the court designated the ACF as a "[[List of designated terrorist groups|terrorist organisation]]".<ref name=":4" />
==Notable investigations==
===2013=== * Investigation of [[Vyacheslav Volodin]], [[Sergey Neverov]] and other members of the [[United Russia]] party<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2013|title=Навальный нашел у Володина незадекларированную недвижимость|trans-title=Navalny found Volodin's undeclared property|url=https://www.forbes.ru//news/247941-navalnyi-nashel-u-volodina-nezadeklarirovannuyu-nedvizhimost|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Forbes]]|language=ru|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118104815/https://www.forbes.ru/news/247941-navalnyi-nashel-u-volodina-nezadeklarirovannuyu-nedvizhimost|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Vladimir Yakunin]], ex-RZD<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 September 2013|title=Навальный нашел конфликт интересов в бизнесе сына Якунина|trans-title=Navalny found a conflict of interest in the business of Yakunin's son|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2013/09/17/navalnycor/|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Lenta.ru]]|language=ru|archive-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822133232/https://lenta.ru/news/2013/09/17/navalnycor/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Vladimir Pekhtin]], MP<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 February 2013|title=Пехтин ушел из Думы из-за скандала с недвижимостью в США|trans-title=Pekhtin left Duma due to real estate in the USA scandal|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2013/02/130220_pekhtin_duma_resignation|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[BBC Russian Service]]|language=ru}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Sergey Sobyanin]], [[Mayor of Moscow]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 August 2013|title=Навальный обвинил Собянина в нарушении закона о выборах|trans-title=Navalny accused Sobyanin of violating electoral law|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2013/08/130819_navalny_sobyanin_complaint|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[BBC Russian Service]]|language=ru|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201111540/https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2013/08/130819_navalny_sobyanin_complaint|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], member of the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]], former ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 March 2015|title=Фонд Навального заявил о наличии трех офшоров у сенатора Фетисова|trans-title=Navalny's Foundation says Senator Fetisov has three offshore companies|url=https://www.forbes.ru//news/282931-fond-navalnogo-zayavil-o-nalichii-trekh-ofshorov-u-senatora-fetisova|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Forbes]]|language=ru|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022145035/https://www.forbes.ru/news/282931-fond-navalnogo-zayavil-o-nalichii-trekh-ofshorov-u-senatora-fetisova|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2014=== * Investigation of [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] and his son [[Igor Lebedev (politician)|Igor Lebedev]], both members of parliament<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 February 2014|title=Lawmaker Owns Undeclared Luxury Property in Dubai, Navalny Says|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/02/19/lawmaker-owns-undeclared-luxury-property-in-dubai-navalny-says-a32251|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201110956/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/02/19/lawmaker-owns-undeclared-luxury-property-in-dubai-navalny-says-a32251|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Viktor Khristenko]] and his wife [[Tatyana Golikova]], who were both in government<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2014|title=Расходы Голиковой и Христенко на элитную недвижимость почти на 60 миллионов превзошли их доходы, подсчитали у Навального|trans-title=The expenses of Golikova and Khristenko on elite real estate exceeded their incomes by almost 60 million, according to Navalny|url=https://www.newsru.com/realty/16Oct2014/hrigol.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[NEWSru]]|language=ru|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201034305/https://www.newsru.com/realty/16Oct2014/hrigol.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation affairs of [[Arkady Rotenberg]] and [[Boris Romanovich Rotenberg]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eremenko|first=Alexey|date=8 July 2014|title=Photos of 'Rotenberg Palaces' Hit the Web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/07/08/photos-of-rotenberg-palaces-hit-the-web-a37138|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[The Moscow Times]]}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Anton Drozdov]], who was in charge of the [[Pension Fund of the Russian Federation]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eremenko|first=Alexey|date=30 October 2014|title=Russia's Pension Tsar Implicated in $8 Million Fraud|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/30/russias-pension-tsar-implicated-in-8-million-fraud-a40949|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[The Moscow Times]]|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208205034/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/30/russias-pension-tsar-implicated-in-8-million-fraud-a40949|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2015=== * ''[[Chaika (film)|Chaika]]'' – film documenting the investigation of [[Prosecutor General of Russia]] [[Yury Chaika]] and his sons<ref>{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Shaun|date=13 December 2015|title=The luxury hotel, the family of the top Moscow prosecutor and Russia's most notorious gang|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/13/alexei-navalny-yuri-chaika|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Sergey Shoygu]], [[Minister of Defence]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schreck|first=Carl|date=27 October 2015|title=Russia's Shoigu Accused Of Owning Mansion|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-dm-shoigu-accused-owning-mansion/27330203.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206044412/https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-dm-shoigu-accused-owning-mansion/27330203.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Dmitry Peskov]], [[press attaché]] to [[Vladimir Putin]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eckel|first=Mike|date=17 September 2015|title=Kremlin Spokesman Linked To $7.1 Million House In Latest Navalny Exposé|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-peskov-house-navalny/27254407.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201214258/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-peskov-house-navalny/27254407.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Investigation of [[Vladimir Yakunin]] and his son (addition) * Investigation of [[Mikhail Kusnirovich]] * Investigation of [[Roman Abramovich]] * Investigation of [[Gennady Timchenko]] * Investigation of [[Night Wolves]] (a motorcycle club under Putin's patronage) * Investigation of [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], member of the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]], former ice hockey player (addition)
===2016=== * Investigation of [[Vyacheslav Volodin]], [[Sergey Neverov]] and other members of the [[United Russia]] party * Investigation of a General of the [[Federal Security Service|FSB]] right on the border * Investigation of [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], chief of [[Web brigades]] and [[Trolls from Olgino]] (Russia's governmental troll army) * Investigation of Petr Kolbin, friend and secret purse{{huh?|reason=A purse is an inanimate object, not a person. "Funder"? "Donor"?|date=March 2022}} of [[Vladimir Putin]] * Investigation of [[Igor Sechin]]'s wife * Investigation of [[Nikolay Merkushkin]], governor of [[Samara Oblast]] * Investigation of [[Igor Shuvalov]], [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] * Investigation of [[Maxim Liksutov]] in the case of [[Sergei Magnitsky]] * Investigation of [[Viktor Zolotov]], Director of the [[National Guard of Russia]] * Investigation of [[Dmitry Rogozin]], Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, in charge of the defense industry * Investigation of [[Aleksandr Sidyakin]], member of parliament * Investigation of [[Dmitry Medvedev]], [[Prime Minister of Russia|Russian Prime Minister]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2016|title=Тимакова прокомментировала расследование Навального о 'даче Медведева'|trans-title=Timakova commented on Navalny's investigation of "Medvedev's dacha"|url=https://www.forbes.ru//news/328525-timakova-prokommentirovala-rassledovanie-navalnogo-o-dache-medvedeva|access-date=27 January 2021|website=[[Forbes]]|language=ru|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020093601/https://www.forbes.ru/news/328525-timakova-prokommentirovala-rassledovanie-navalnogo-o-dache-medvedeva|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2017=== * ''[[He Is Not Dimon to You]]'' – investigation of [[Prime Minister of Russia]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]]
=== 2018 ===
* Investigation of [[Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko|Sergei Prikhodko]], First Deputy Head of the [[Government of Russia|Russian Government]] Office
=== 2019 ===
* Investigation of Andrey Metelsky, the deputy of the [[Moscow City Duma]] * Investigation of Lyudmila Stebenkova, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma * Investigation of Stepan Orlov, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma * Investigation of Kirill Shchitov, the deputy of the Moscow City Duma * Investigation of Alexei Shaposhnikov, the chairman of the Moscow City Duma * Investigation of Vladimir Platonov, the former chairman of the Moscow City Duma * Investigation of Natalya Sergunina, the vice-mayor of [[Moscow]] * Investigation of Alexander Gorbenko, the vice-mayor of Moscow * Investigation of Pyotr Biryukov, the vice-mayor of Moscow * Investigation of Valentin Gorbunov, the head of the MCEC * Investigation of Boris Ebzeev, member of the [[Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation|CEC]] * Investigation of Nikolay Bulaev, the vice-chairman of the CEC * Investigation of [[Anton Siluanov]], [[Ministry of Finance (Russia)|Russian Minister of Finance]]
=== 2021 === *''[[A Palace for Putin. The Story of the Biggest Bribe]]'' – investigation of President [[Vladimir Putin]] *Investigation of [[Sergey Lavrov]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Яхты, взятки и любовница. Что скрывает министр Лавров | date=16 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNa5XknuXkQ |access-date=2023-07-21 |language=en |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920004910/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNa5XknuXkQ |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== 2022 === * Yacht ''[[Scheherazade (yacht)|Scheherazade]]'' – investigation of President [[Vladimir Putin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Секрет Шехерезады. Яхта Путина за 75 000 000 000 ₽ |website=[[YouTube]] |date=21 March 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyYp9xPLa8s |access-date=21 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321125636/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyYp9xPLa8s |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Секрет Шехерезады. Новая яхта Путина за 75 000 000 000 рублей |url=https://navalny.com/p/6620/ |publisher=ФБК |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321125621/https://navalny.com/p/6620/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Financing == FBK is funded by money transfers from its supporters; mostly these are donations from ordinary people.<ref name="russian_bbc_2020_september_11">{{cite web|last=Zotova|first=Natalia|date=11 September 2020|title=Без Навального: как ФБК работает без своего лидера|trans-title=Without Navalny: how FBK works without its leader|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-54119390|access-date=13 September 2020|website=[[BBC Russian Service]]|language=ru|archive-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911153353/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-54119390|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Ashurkov, "constant [[fundraising]] is a necessary condition for the functioning" of the fund. The creators want to build a system that will allow the fund "not to depend on one source of funding". In April 2012, the creators estimated the fund's annual budget at approximately $300,000. If more funds are available, the fund will expand.<ref name=":1" />
In 2013, the fund raised 23 million rubles through donations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Navalny|first=Alexei|author-link=Alexei Navalny|date=10 June 2014|title=FBK: report 2013. Stay tuned for further|url=https://navalny.com/p/3618/|access-date=16 December 2020|website=navalny.com|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111225826/http://navalny.com/p/3618/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 the budget was 28.5 million rubles;<ref>{{cite web|last=Navalny|first=Alexei|author-link=Alexei Navalny|date=16 June 2015|title=Годовой отчёт Фонда борьбы с коррупцией|trans-title=Anti-Corruption Foundation Annual Report|url=https://navalny.com/p/4303/|website=navalny.com}}</ref> in 2016, it was 45 million rubles.<ref>{{cite web|year=2017|title=Фандрайзинг|trans-title=Fundraising|url=https://report2016.fbk.info/media/materials/fbk_report_2016.pdf|website=Anti-Corruption Foundation|access-date=7 April 2017|archive-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408081542/https://report2016.fbk.info/media/materials/fbk_report_2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== First public sponsors === The first public sponsors of the fund on 13 February 2012 were the son of the founder of [[PJSC VimpelCom]], businessman [[Boris Zimin]] (confirmed that he had already given 300,000 rubles and will give about the same amount every month) and former manager of [[Alfa Group]] [[Vladimir Ashurkov]] (confirmed that gave 300,000 rubles). On 30 May 2012, the list of the first 16 sponsors of the fund was announced:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last1=Zheleznova|first1=Maria|last2=Rozhkov|first2=Alexey|last3=Khimshiashvili|first3=Polina|date=30 May 2012|title=Кто спонсирует фонд борьбы с коррупцией Навального|trans-title=Who sponsors Navalny's anti-corruption fund|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2012/05/30/16_druzej_navalnogo|access-date=16 December 2020|website=[[Vedomosti]]|language=ru|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904083810/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2012/05/30/16_druzej_navalnogo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Zheleznova|first1=Maria|last2=Rozhkov|first2=Alexey|last3=Nikolsky|first3=Alexey|last4=Plotonova|first4=Olga|date=15 May 2012|title=У фонда Навального может появиться новый источник средств|trans-title=Navalny's fund may get a new source of funds|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2012/05/15/kartochki_dlya_navalnogo|access-date=16 December 2020|website=[[Vedomosti]]|language=ru|archive-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225062955/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2012/05/15/kartochki_dlya_navalnogo|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="margin:-1px 0 0 -1px;" !№ !Name !Notes |- |1 |[[Vladimir Ashurkov]] |Executive director of the Fund |- |2 |Roman Borisovich |Vice President of [[Rosgosstrakh]] LLC |- |3 |[[Dmitry Bykov]] |Writer |- |4 |Sergey Grechishkin |Managing Partner, Alcantara Asset Management |- |5 |[[Sergey Guriyev]] |Former rector of the [[New Economic School]] |- |6 |[[Ekaterina Zhuravskaya]] |Professor at the [[Paris School of Economics]] and the New Economic School |- |7 |[[Dmitry Zimin|Boris Zimin]] |Entrepreneur |- |8 |Kirill Irtyuga |Partner of RosinvestHotel Management Company |- |9 |[[Alexander Lebedev]] |Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Reserve Corporation |- |10 |Artyom Lyubimov |First Deputy General Director of Bolshoi Gorod CJSC (accounting services) |- |11 |[[Leonid Parfyonov]] |Journalist |- |12 |Pavel Prosyankin |Financier |- |13 |Alexey Savchenko |Director for Strategic Planning, Alfa Group Consortium |- |14 |Denis Sokolov |Entrepreneur |- |15 |Victor Yarutov |Businessman, co-owner of the Nienschanz Group of Companies |- |16 |[[Boris Akunin]] |Writer |- |} According to Navalny, "they have already transferred 4.4 million rubles, and guaranteed another 4 million for the second half of the year", which provides most of the planned annual budget of the fund ($300,000).<ref name=":2" />
According to Vladimir Ashurkov and Navalny, the negotiations took place for three months, and some of those with whom they took place eventually decided to refrain from making contributions to the fund. However, many of those who ended up supporting the project, despite not being bound by any contractual obligations, promised to make regular donations. This allows to plan the activities of the fund. In case of an increase in voluntary contributions, it is planned to develop the staff of the fund's projects, giving a special role to the anti-corruption "RosPil". Moreover, all business representatives support the fund financially as individuals.<ref name=":2" />
According to Navalny, in order to help potential donors decide to support the fund and similar projects, the first of those who have already done so will announce their names.<ref name=":2" /> And Vladimir Ashurkov suggested that later the names of those who financially support the fund will not be made public, except for cases when the donors themselves ask for it.<ref name=":2" /> Ashurkov said that Alfa Group's top manager Alexei Savchenko appeared on the list of sponsors thanks to his acquaintance with him.<ref name=":2" /> Navalny noted that the fund has no other sponsors from Alpha.<ref name=":2" /> Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky noted the interest of representatives of big business in the opposition, highlighting [[Mikhail Fridman]].<ref name=":2" />
As a funding strategy for the fund, Navalny stated the collection of small donations, but with the involvement of a wide range of donors, emphasising the importance of mass support.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Navalny|first=Alexei|author-link=Alexei Navalny|date=30 May 2012|title=16 смелых|trans-title=16 brave|url=https://navalny.livejournal.com/708361.html|access-date=16 December 2020|website=navalny.livejournal.com|language=ru|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109140416/https://navalny.livejournal.com/708361.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Team== [[File:Volunteers and employees Newcaster.TV and Anti-corruption Foundation arrested (2017-03-26).jpg|thumb|Volunteers and employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation arrested on 26 March 2017]]
=== Current leadership === {| class="wikitable" !Position<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|year=2020|title=О фонде|trans-title=About the fund|url=https://fbk.info/about/|access-date=23 April 2017|website=Anti-Corruption Foundation|language=ru|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211013429/https://fbk.info/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> !Name |- |Founder of FBK |[[Alexei Navalny|Alexey Navalny]] |- |Director of FBK |[[Vladislav Romantsov]] |- |Executive manager |[[Vladimir Ashurkov]] |- |Press secretary |[[Kira Yarmysh]] |- |Creative director |Varvara Mikhaylova |- |Head of the legal department |Vyacheslav Gimadi |- |"Navalny Live" YouTube channel producer |[[Lyubov Sobol]] |- |Anti-corruption project "RosPil" |Alexander Golovach |- |Anti-corruption project "RosYama" |Anatoly Kravchenko |- |Head of Investigation Department |{{Not translated|Maria Pevchikh|qid=Q107104509}} |- |Deputy Head of Investigation Department |[[Georgy Alburov]] |- |Head of IT department |Vladislav Romantsov |}
=== Team members === The FBK project managers are [[Ruslan Shaveddinov]], Ilya Pakhomov. The legal department includes: Alexander Pomazuev, Vladlen Los, Evgeny Zamyatin. Valery Zolotukhin is also involved in the RosPil project. In addition, the team includes video production manager Vitaly Kolesnikov, mailing list manager Yan Matveyev, editor Maria Zakharova, office manager Olga Bulaeva.<ref name=":3" />
The director of the fund from 2013 to December 2018 was [[Roman Rubanov]]. Since December 2018, the head of the legal department of the fund, Ivan Zhdanov, has been appointed director.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Navalny|first=Alexei|author-link=Alexei Navalny|date=26 February 2019|title=По требованию Усманова и Медведева против бывшего директора ФБК возбуждено уголовное дело|trans-title=At the request of Usmanov and Medvedev, a criminal case was initiated against the former director of FBK|url=https://navalny.com/p/6047/|access-date=16 December 2020|website=navalny.com|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604212353/https://navalny.com/p/6047/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since February 2012, the executive director of the fund has been [[Vladimir Ashurkov]], who was forced to leave Alfa Group to work at FBK.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kreknina|first1=Alexandra|last2=Yarosh|first2=Yulia|date=13 April 2012|title=X5 рассталась с менеджером из-за его политических взглядов|trans-title=X5 parted ways with manager due to his political views|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/management/articles/2012/04/13/216915-x5-rasstalas-s-menedzherom-iz-za-ego-politicheskih-vzglyadov|access-date=16 December 2020|website=[[Vedomosti]]|language=ru|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108063617/https://www.vedomosti.ru/management/articles/2012/04/13/216915-x5-rasstalas-s-menedzherom-iz-za-ego-politicheskih-vzglyadov|url-status=live}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Левиафан|trans-title=Leviathan|url=https://leviathan.fbk.info|website=Anti-Corruption Foundation|access-date=25 January 2022|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207023602/https://leviathan.fbk.info/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The name 'Leviathan' was taken from ''[[Leviathan (2014 film)|Leviathan]]'', 2014 award-winning film by [[Andrey Zvyagintsev]].
===Films=== FBK has made the following films: * ''[[Chaika (film)|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 Eduardovich Prikhodko|Sergei Prikhodko]], as well as possible sexual relations between Sergei Prikhodko and an employee of the escort agency Anastasia Vashukevich. *''[[Putin's Palace (film)|Putin's Palace]]'' (2021)
== Controversies ==
In May 2017, the FBK removed a video ''"Who owns all of Russian television?"'' about the media assets of businessman [[Yury Kovalchuk]], one day after its publication. According to ''[[Vedomosti]]'', the video was taken down because it contained factual errors and outdated information. Navalny's spokeswoman, [[Kira Yarmysh]], apologised, thanked those who had pointed out the errors, and said that a new video on the same subject would be prepared.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boletskaya |first1=Ksenia |last2=Smirnov |first2=Sergey |title=Фонд Навального удалил ролик про Ковальчука из-за ошибок |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2017/05/26/691657-fond-navalnogo |work=[[Vedomosti]] |language=ru |date=26 May 2017 |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529075303/https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2017/05/26/691657-fond-navalnogo |archive-date=29 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2019, FBK published a video in which a woman identified as Natalya Shilova, described as a former employee of a company connected to [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]]'s [[Concord Management and Consulting|Concord]] group, alleged that poor-quality food had been supplied to schools and kindergartens. After social media users pointed out that one of the photographs used in the video was fake, FBK removed the video and re-uploaded it with the image omitted. Concord denied that Shilova had worked with the company.<ref>{{cite news |title=ФБК рассказал о гнилом мясе и антисанитарии на производстве питания для школьников. В расследовании нашли фейковую фотографию |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2019/02/18/fbk-rasskazal-o-gnilom-myase-i-antisanitarii-na-proizvodstve-pitaniya-dlya-shkolnikov-v-rassledovanii-nashli-feykovuyu-fotografiyu |work=[[Meduza]] |language=ru |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062934/https://meduza.io/feature/2019/02/18/fbk-rasskazal-o-gnilom-myase-i-antisanitarii-na-proizvodstve-pitaniya-dlya-shkolnikov-v-rassledovanii-nashli-feykovuyu-fotografiyu |archive-date=20 February 2019}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Meduza]]'', FBK lawyer [[Lyubov Sobol]] said that the foundation had not attempted to verify Shilova's claims because the video was "not an investigation".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kravtsova |first1=Irina |last2=Golunov |first2=Ivan |title=Компанию Пригожина связали со вспышкой дизентерии в московских школах. Он всё отрицает — и заодно нападает на Навального |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2019/02/20/kompaniyu-prigozhina-svyazali-so-vspyshkoy-dizenterii-v-moskovskih-shkolah-on-vse-otritsaet-i-zaodno-napadaet-na-navalnogo |work=[[Meduza]] |language=ru |date=20 February 2019 |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330050729/https://meduza.io/feature/2019/02/20/kompaniyu-prigozhina-svyazali-so-vspyshkoy-dizenterii-v-moskovskih-shkolah-on-vse-otritsaet-i-zaodno-napadaet-na-navalnogo |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2021, the website of the "Freedom for Navalny!" campaign leaked around 600,000 email addresses of people who had registered for a protest. According to the [[BBC News Russian|BBC Russian Service]], an expanded database later appeared online containing 112,000 email addresses together with information about places of residence, study or work, as well as telephone numbers. The BBC reported at least 1,421 instances in which law-enforcement officers questioned people whose data appeared in the leaked databases.<ref>{{cite news |title="Мягкий террор": кто стоит за опросами МВД по утечкам данных сторонников Навального |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-58399319 |work=BBC News Russian |language=ru |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> In July 2021, a vulnerability on the [[Smart Voting]] website led to the leak of 191,000 email addresses of users registered with the project. FBK acknowledged the error.<ref>{{cite news |title="Умное голосование" ФБК: кто пострадал от уязвимости сайта |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/umnoe-golosovanie-navalnogo-kto-postradal-ot-ujazvimosti-sajta/a-58643663 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=ru |date=26 July 2021 |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
In March 2023, FBK's investigation ''"Black Cash Desk: How Simonyan, Venediktov and Sobchak Receive Millions from Sobyanin"'' was criticised by journalist Liza Lazerson and politician [[Maxim Katz]], particularly in relation to its claims about former ''[[Echo of Moscow]]'' editor-in-chief [[Alexei Venediktov]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Maxim |title=ФБК и раскол в российской оппозиции |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qos2Xz4_k |website=[[YouTube]] |language=ru |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629125001/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qos2Xz4_k |archive-date=29 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2024, Katz accused FBK of assisting former Russian banker {{ill|Alexander Zheleznyak|lt=|ru|Железняк, Александр Дмитриевич}}, who had been accused of large-scale fraud in connection with the collapse of {{ill|Probusinessbank|lt=|ru|Пробизнесбанк}}, by providing testimony in foreign courts in support of the argument that Zheleznyak's prosecution was politically motivated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Максим Кац |url=https://t.me/maximkatz/3595 |website=[[Telegram (service)|Telegram]] |language=ru |date=18 July 2024 |access-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718140206/https://t.me/maximkatz/3595 |archive-date=18 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Strukova |first=Tatyana |title=ФБК обвинили в связях с фигурантом дела о хищении 25 млрд руб у Пробизнесбанка |url=https://rtvi.com/news/fbk-obvinili-v-svyazyah-s-figurantom-dela-o-hishhenii-25-mlrd-rub-u-probiznesbanka/ |work=[[RTVI]] |language=ru |date=18 July 2024 |access-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718134411/https://rtvi.com/news/fbk-obvinili-v-svyazyah-s-figurantom-dela-o-hishhenii-25-mlrd-rub-u-probiznesbanka/ |archive-date=18 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Leonid Volkov (politician)|Leonid Volkov]] rejected Katz's allegations, describing them as false.<ref>{{cite news |title=«Нагромождение лживого бреда» – Леонид Волков объяснил, почему он не отвечает на вопросы Максима Каца об Александре Железняке |url=https://echofm.online/news/nagromozhdenie-lzhivogo-breda-leonid-volkov-obyasnil-pochemu-on-ne-otvechaet-na-voprosy-maksima-kacza-ob-aleksandre-zheleznyake |work=Echo |language=ru |date=18 July 2024 |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> In October 2024, ''[[The Bell (newspaper)|The Bell]]'' published an account of the bank's collapse based on court records and sworn testimony,<ref>{{cite news |title=От ЦБ до ФСБ. История падения Пробизнесбанка, из-за которого разгорелся скандал вокруг ФБК |url=https://thebell.io/ot-tsb-do-fsb-istoriya-padeniya-probiznesbanka-iz-za-kotorogo-razgorelsya-skandal-vokrug-fbk |work=[[The Bell (website)|The Bell]] |language=ru |date=25 October 2024}}</ref> while ''[[The Insider (website)|The Insider]]'', citing documents and explanations provided by bankers, reported that infrastructure associated with Zheleznyak and Sergei Leontiev had been used for money laundering, regulatory evasion and transfers to offshore structures.<ref>{{cite news |title=Прокурорский бизнесбанк. Как в структурах Железняка и Леонтьева были отмыты и растворились в офшорах сотни миллионов |url=https://theins.ru/korrupciya/275446 |work=[[The Insider (website)|The Insider]] |language=ru |date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
In May 2026, ''Meduza'' published an interview with Irina Alleman, a former presenter on FBK's YouTube project ''Popular Politics'', who had left the foundation in late April. Alleman said that she had repeatedly raised questions with FBK's leadership about its communication strategy, the prosecution of donors, and the foundation's response to public controversies. She also described what she called a toxic working environment, alleging that employees who disagreed with the leadership had faced pressure, bullying, or informal ostracism, and said that FBK had become increasingly focused on conflicts with other Russian opposition figures rather than on its original anti-corruption agenda.<ref name="meduza-alleman-2026">{{cite news |last=Antonova |first=Elizaveta |title=«Я надеюсь, что мои бывшие коллеги перестанут жрать друг друга». Интервью бывшей ведущей «Популярной политики» Ирины Аллеман |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2026/05/06/ya-nadeyus-chto-moi-byvshie-kollegi-perestanut-zhrat-drug-druga |work=[[Meduza]] |language=ru |date=6 May 2026 |access-date=10 May 2026}}</ref> FBK representatives rejected or downplayed parts of her criticism. [[Leonid Volkov (politician)|Leonid Volkov]] said that Alleman had resigned voluntarily and that issues such as the editorial policy of ''Popular Politics'', hiring and dismissals, and internal office management were outside his area of responsibility. [[Maria Pevchikh]] said that the format of publicly discussing a former employee's claims against a former employer was inappropriate, while Ruslan Shaveddinov denied that ''Popular Politics'' had problems with Ukrainian speakers and said that the channel remained anti-war.<ref name="meduza-alleman-2026" />
== See also == * [[2019 Moscow City Duma election]] * [[2019 Moscow protests]] * [[2021 Russian protests]] * [[Corruption in Russia]] * [[Smart Voting (Russia)]] * [[Transparency International]] Russia
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