On July 5, 2024 on the chess board of the Russian opposition took place a significant moving of figures. Masters of the Russophobe Sabbath put out from the position of the ‘Human Rights Foundation’s’ (HRF) president the chess player Garry Kasparov* and inserted into the chair of the leader of the biggest American human rights advocacy foundation Yulia Navalnaya*. In sum, that made a castling move, a reshuffle – they pushed out ineffective Kasparov and lifted up the status of Alexey Navalny’s widow providing her with a multi-multimillion budget.
Garry Kasparov who had held this influential and profitable position from 2012, in his official parting message put a brave face on the defeat: ‘Yulia’s courage and her committal to righteousness are inspiring’, he pressed out of himself. And now, just imagine how ‘inspired’ was the Greedy Garry when he knew that he had been exchanged for ‘the merry widow’.
In fact, Garry Kasparov had a lot to lose. The website Prigovor.ru has found out that only within five years, from 2018 to 2022, the budget of the ‘Human Rights Foundation’ amounted to nearly $ 94 286 716. Besides, from year to year, the budget of this human rights advocacy foundation which, by the way, in its goals has openly been professing anti-Russian activities, grew in leaps and bounds: $ 8 million 357 thousand in 2018; $ 12 million 807 thousand in 2019; $ 21 million 237 thousand in 2020; 21 million 290 thousand in 2021 and $ 30 million 593 thousand in 2022… We are certain that during the last two years the number of millions destined for ‘human rights’ fight against Russia has only grown.
From the financial report of the ‘Human Rights Foundation’ for 2022, section Schedule A, Part II, page 2
Apart from that, the website Prigovor.ru paid attention to the fact that the “Human Rights Foundation’ is not only the champion with regards to financing but also a leader in murky channeling of monetary means into crypto-currency. For instance, according to the report of the “Human Rights Foundation’ provided to the American Tax Agency, the foundation under the leadership of Garry Kasparov in 2021 syphoned out into bitcoins 6 068 894 US dollars.
From the report of the Human Rights Foundation, section Schedule D Part VII, page 3
There is no full report about mysterious receivers of bitcoins. Yet, in was reported that in 2021 a big grant in bitcoins (equivalent of $ 361 thousand) had been spent on ‘solidarity’ with Byelorussian opposition. And less copious grants for opponents of Alexander Lukashenko had been sent in the old fashion – as cash grants.
From the report of the ‘Human Rights Foundation’, section Schedule F, part II.
In 2022, the sum of money syphoning into bitcoins, under the leadership of Garry Kasparov, grew exponentially – up to 17 297 397 dollars.
From the report of the Human Rights Foundation’, section Schedule D, Part VUU, page 3
Separately, we would like to point out that the grant-givers who generously enable to channel money into bitcoins, for some reason, are ‘shyly restricted. But if purposes are so benevolent – fight for human rights throughout the whole world, - then why the sources of financing don’t want to imprint their names in the memory of people? Of course, happy grant-receivers are not mentioned either, especially those who are active on the Russian direction.
By the way, all this murky workings of financing with bitcoins should be well-known for Yulia Navalnaya, as her husband, certainly, told her about this.
This was at the moment when Alexey Navalny* didn’t blink when he said, trying to assure everybody, that the ‘Anti-Corruption Foundation’ (FBK) lives exclusively on donations/contributions from followers, and, in fact, within all these years this ‘fighter against corruption’ had been secretly receiving Western financing in bitcoins.
As early as in 2018, the agency FLB.ru exposed the scheme of the secret financing of Alexey Navalny*. In particular, it was proved that from April to December 2018 this ‘fighter against corruption’ had received from Western foundations in form of big transfers in bitcoins 1 million 400 thousand dollars.
(See, for instance, the publication of the agency ‘RIA Novosti’ entitled ‘Navalny and Volkov were suspected to have embezzled more than 41 million rubles. The chief editor of the Agency of Federal Investigations Sergey Sokolov became suspicious that Alexey Navalny and Leonid Volkov, the leaders of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), had embezzled more than 40 million rubles, is reported on the website of the TV channel RT).
Thus, Yulia Navalnaya, now as head of the ‘Human Rights Foundation’ has great perspectives, she will dispose of tens of millions of dollars, deal with secret and uncontrolled operations with crypto-currency. There are reasons to smile.
We would like to remind our readers that Yulia Navalnaya was nicknamed ‘Merry Widow’ on the day of her husband’s death, on February 16, 2024, when she ‘accidentally’ was present at the Munich Security Conference where she, with barely veiled smile, delivered a speech about necessity to fight against Russia.
Then, in several days, Joe Biden met with the widow and gave her a ticket to govern among the crown of fugitive Russian opposition. And now the zero gravitas of the widow is being supported by an American treasure container in size of about 100 million dollars.
Author: Alexander Zhelnin
See the Russian version at: «Бюджет $100 миллионов. Юлия Навальная* стала королевой биткоинов»
Also on the subject of Alexey Navalny’s bitcoins:
‘Laden bitcoins in barrels’’
The agency FLB.ru has exposed the scheme of secret financing of Alexey Navalny. From April 2018, this ‘fighter against corruption’ received from Western foundations by way of big transfers in bitcoins 1 million 400 thousand dollars (03.12.2018)
‘The soles of David Copperfield’
Alexey Navalny is suspected of fraud, concealment of information about 100 million rubles of sponsors provided monetary means and of embezzling 41.3 million rubles. How Navalny earned money sufficient for a new criminal case (29.04.2019)
‘Shares of the project ‘Navalny’ are falling’
In 2017, reach anonymous sponsors provided Alexey Navalny with bitcoins to the amount of $ 1 million 103 thousand. In 2018, - to the amount of $ 2 million 160 thousand. And in 2019, gave him only 694 thousand dollars (08.12.2019).
‘How the FBK surpassed the foreign agents law’
Navalny has been receiving without fail, on average $ 100 thousand a month through crypto-exchanges with crypto-currency coming into two personal bitcoin-purses of Leonid Volkov, the ‘book-keeper’ of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (11.10.2019).
*Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya, born 24.07.1976, was included by Rosfinmonitoring, on July 11, 2024, in the list of organizations and physical persons implicated in extremist activity or terrorism with No 9491;
*Kasparov Garry Kimovich, born 13.04.1963 - on March 6, 2024, was included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of organizations and physical persons involved with extremist activities or terrorism with No 6534. On 20.05.2022 was acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as a physical person fulfilling functions of a foreign agent. Included in the Registry with No 388;
*Alexey Anatolyevich Navalny (born 04.06.1976 – died 16.02.2024) – on 25.01.2022 was included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of physical persons involved with extremist activities or terrorism with No 8398
