‘Where is its heart?’ Russian businessman and former donor Boris Zimin on his disillusionment with Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation

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‘Where is its heart?’ Russian businessman and former donor Boris Zimin on his disillusionment with Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation

In early May, Russian businessman and philanthropist Boris Zimin granted an interview to Deutsche Welle, where he discussed his decision to withdraw funding from Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). Since the FBK’s inception, Zimin has been one of the few major donors to openly reveal his identity. Zimin’s remarks in the interview, which DW released in full just three days ago, reveal a strikingly critical perspective on the FBK’s …