Law enforcement has initiated 76 cases in 38 regions for donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation made after the organization was banned, calculated by «Mediazona» based on court data, law enforcement press releases, and information from the accused.
The number of cases for FBK donations is rapidly growing. In 2022, only two such cases were filed in courts, in 2023 — four cases, in 2024 — 25. In the first 7 months of 2025, journalists found 34 cases for FBK donations filed in courts.
To date, 49 sentences for FBK donations are known, most are not related to imprisonment, mainly large fines. Ten people received real sentences, six of them in Moscow.
The first criminal cases were initiated in August 2022, with direct references to FBK in the statements of the accused. As «Mediazona» discovered, law enforcement, analyzing these statements, noticed other matching identifiers in transfers to FBK, particularly, the merchant ID. This significantly expanded the circle of suspects. Now the merchant ID has become the main evidence in cases of financing extremism.
Everyone who made donations with Russian cards after FBK was recognized as an «extremist organization» — that is, from August 2021, when FBK was recognized as an «extremist» organization, to March 2022 when Visa and MasterCard left Russia, is under threat.
* Recognized as a «foreign agent» in Russia.
** Recognized as an «extremist» organization in Russia.