Anti-corruption Foundation
| 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 |
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| Website | fbk |
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (Russian: Фонд борьбы с коррупцией, abbr. ФБК) is a Russian Moscow-based nonprofit organization established in 2011 by activist and politician Alexey 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 Russia's citizens.
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.
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.
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. The name 'Leviathan' was taken from Leviathan, 2014 award-winning film by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
FBK has made the following films:
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