Navalny foundation rocked by dueling accusations as ex-officials break ranks

A new scandal is unfolding around the Anti-Corruption Foundation. It began with an interview Meduza published with Irina Alleman, the host of the Populyarnaya Politika (“Popular Politics”) channel, who resigned and criticized the organization’s leadership and colleagues for a “toxic atmosphere” and an unwillingness to discuss pressing problems. The controversy then deepened when former Anti-Corruption Foundation director Ivan Zhdanov, who had left the previous fall, gave an interview to Irina Shikhman published on May 10, in which he accused Anti-Corruption Foundation leader Leonid Volkov of benefiting personally through “fictitious individuals” within the foundation’s structures and held him responsible for the criminal cases brought against Anti-Corruption Foundation supporters over donations. Volkov responded to those accusations — and he was not the only one. Here is how events unfolded.

Original source: Meduza