Anti-Corruption Foundation
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Фонд борьбы с коррупцией | |
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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 |
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (Russian: Фонд борьбы с коррупцией (Fond Borby s Korruptsiey), 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 publish 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. Also FBK helps people to make authorities work in the right way 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.[citation needed] 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 | Roman Rubanov |
| Executive manager | Vladimir Ashurkov |
| Press secretary | Kira Yarmysh |
| Creative director | Elena Marus |
| Anti-corruption project "RosPil" | Lubov Sobol |
| Anti-corruption project "RosYama" | Tatiana Torocheshnikova |
| Responsible for investigations | Georgy Alburov, Nikita Kulachenkov |
Media
FBK created 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 each 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.
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
See also
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".