Alexei Navalny, storico oppositore del presidente russo Vladimir Putin, ha annunciato la chiusura della sua Fondazione della lotta alla corruzione. Il motivo di questa decisione è il verdetto di condanna emesso da un tribunale di Mosca che obbliga la Fondazione di Navalny a un maxi-risarcimento di quasi mezzo milione di euro a favore della società “Moskovskij shkolnik” (Scolaro moscovita). Secondo Navalny è insensato versare una cifra così elevata come risarcimento. Tuttavia l’attività della lotta alla corruzione non cessa e la Fondazione continuerà ad operare con i requisiti di un’altra persona giuridica. Fondazione della lotta alla corruzione fu costituita da Navalny nel 2011 e nel 2019 il Ministero della Giustizia russo l’ha inserita nel registro degli agenti stranieri perché finanziata dall’estero, in particolare dalla Spagna. До конца путинского режима за мной и Соболь будут ходить судебные приставы, изымая всё имущество. А ФБК придётся закрытьhttps://t.co/iis1UyUiUA pic.twitter.com/8OxZI0HcAa— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) July 20, 2020
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This article discusses Russian Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny’s recent decision to close his anti-corruption foundation (FBK), owing to fines imposed against it by the Russian Investigative Committee.
Navalny stands accused of slander, and has been repeatedly sued by individuals targeted in his investigations. The scale of these fines is such that he will close the foundation and try re-registering under a different name.
In response, Navalny contends that these fines aren’t based on real crime (he also denies the allegations made against him, which led to his repeated imprisonment), but are politically-motivated to prevent him from exposing politicians and organising against Putin’s candidates.
Given the rampant levels of corruption in Russia, for which the governing party is directly responsible, it seems highly unlikely that Navalny is guilty of these crimes by comparison. In fact, the Russian political and legal system have a long track record of accusing critics of the same crimes in which they are implicated.
Examples include Putin locking Mikhail Khordokovsky in a cage, accusing him of fraud and murder, and members of Russia’s Interior Ministry accusing Sergei Magnitsky of the same crime that he reported, large scale tax fraud. (Putin also claims that author of the Magnitsky Act, Bill Browder, is guilty of tax fraud, money laundering, and murder).
Meanwhile, known and proven corrupt politicians such as Dmitri Medvedev (exposed in this excellent documentary with English subtitles), Mayor Sobyanin, Natalia Sergunina, Margarita Simonyan, Alexey Shaposhnikov, along with corrupt officials from Russia’s government at the highest levels (like the fraudsters who falsely arrested Magnitsky), continue to operate with impunity.
Surprised?
