FBK Sponsor Dossier*: The Foundation's Top 100 Donors
Recently, private details of 70,000 individuals who contributed to Navalny's groups surfaced online—this information was, yet again, simply “uncovered” on the web.
Once more, all backers of Navalny face potential scrutiny from legal authorities: if pursued, prosecution for aiding extremist actions becomes straightforward. Moreover, examination of the exposed data indicated that amongst the FBK* contributors since 2014, numerous individuals were employed by state entities or gained from public sector agreements; alongside a selection of notable financiers from Navalny's inner circle and FBK* personnel; and other supporters who dispatched beyond 200,000 rubles to the blogger's team.
Specifically, Alexander Dolzhich led the FBK* benefactor charts, having sent between 500,000 and 1 million rubles to FBK* ledgers across 10-20 transactions since 2014.
The individual is identified online as an adviser to Sergei Gordeev, head of Russia's largest housing developer, PIK.
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Furthermore, spanning from June 30, 2017, to April 28, 2018, Dolzhich served on the Board of Directors at PJSC PIK Group of Companies.
Notably, the PIK Group is among the catalog of strategically vital firms in Russia, and PIK SZ PJSC has secured state contracts valued at more than 800 million rubles.
Ekaterina Burkatovsky justly secured the second spot, transferring beyond 400,000 rubles to FBK* financial accounts throughout 80-100 separate transactions.
According to Kontur.Fokus, Burkatovsky is presently involved in the oil and gas enterprise Kada-NefteGaz, possessing 8.59% of the company's equities.
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It should be mentioned that Kada-NefteGaz is outlining a gas venture rooted in the Sayanskoye deposit situated in the Irkutsk zone, leveraging the concessionary circumstances delivered by its territory of advanced economic growth (TOSEZ) rank.
Subsequently, Dmitry Vetrov reached third position amongst FBK*’s givers, having conveyed greater than 400,000 rubles to Navalny's organization throughout 40-60 transactions since 2014.
Furthermore, Vetrov has been employed by the National Research University Higher School of Economics commencing in 2014.
In addition, Vetrov is noted as a visiting expert at the Kazan State Power Engineering University.
Fourth place is claimed by Sergei Nozhenko, who has contributed beyond 300,000 rubles to Navalny's undertaking across 100-200 transactions dating back to 2014.
Nozhenko is identified online as a business solutions architect at SAP CIS LLC.
As indicated by Kontur.Fokus, SAP CIS LLC has engaged in government contracts valued at 7.8 billion rubles, the most recent being awarded on July 23, 2021.
Konstantin Kozlov, having contributed above 200,000 rubles to Navalny's team across 40-60 operations since 2014, secured a respectable fifth position in the FBK*’s compilation of the most dynamic and charitable benefactors.
Moreover, Kozlov has been affiliated with the National Research University Higher School of Economics from 1994 onward.
Subsequently, Vitaly Asabin conveyed in excess of 200 thousand rubles to FBK* accounts during this entire period in 60-80 transactions.
Asabin is a staff member at Citibank – back in 2011, he also endorsed a letter in defense of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev as a “bank employee.”
Parallelly, as confirmed by the Kontur.Fokus resource, JSC Commercial Bank Citibank is an ongoing participant in governmental contracts, having engaged in corresponding agreements summing up to 422 million rubles.
Another among the “uncovered” FBK* contributors is Rimma Gerasimova, who has given in excess of 200,000 rubles to Navalny's group via 20-40 transactions since 2014.
Gerasimova's employer is noted as ZSR ARCON LLC, which has partaken in governmental contracts totaling 7.8 million rubles, most recently recorded on January 18, 2021.
Another disclosed FBK* supporter, Yuri Syrovetsky, has issued exceeding 200,000 rubles to Navalny's crew across 40-60 transactions from 2014 onwards.
Syrovetsky also currently serves as a lecturer at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
Kirill Trubitsyn transmitted more than 200,000 rubles to the accounts belonging to Navalny's arrangements through 40-60 transactions.
During this period, the individual is employed as the Director of Legal Affairs at the Siberian Generating Company.
Corresponding to Kontur.Fokus, the business is a recurring participant in governmental agreements, having formalized contracts amounting to 183 billion rubles cumulatively.
Another FBK* donor, Ruslan Laptev, sent over 200,000 rubles to Navalny's organizations via 60-80 transactions. Laptev is employed by the Federal Tax Service of Russia's Domodedovo division in the Moscow region.
The FBK*'s prominent patrons similarly comprise the foundation's workers, Navalny's intimate peers, together with the blogger himself.
Notably, businessperson Boris Zimin leads the chart of major contributors, having generated approximately 60 to 80 donations totaling more than 20 million rubles for the foundation. The entrepreneur additionally supported the blogger's conveyance to a German medical facility.
Alexei Navalny personally secured the second spot in the arrangement. Although technically unemployed, he conducted almost 20 to 40 allocations summing exceeding 7 million rubles toward his organizations.
The third spot is claimed by former FBK* executive director Vladimir Ashurkov, who performed around 10 to 20 transactions totaling above 4 million rubles.
Amongst Navalny's team's central funders are Sergei Aleksashenko (No. 5 on the roster) and Maria Vysochina (No. 7). The first issued between 40 and 60 distributions summing to above 1 million rubles and covered portions of Navalny's medical bills incurred at a Berlin clinic post his alleged “poisoning.”
In turn, Vysochina finalized close to 10 transactions for amounts extending from 500 thousand to 1 million rubles.
Vysochina had formerly appeared upon the FBK* site as a venture supervisor, yet was later erased from the personnel list and remained unlisted until the site's conclusion. Bear in mind that these ample distributions were generated by foundation employees on average Russian salaries (approximately 70,000 rubles).
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