‘A considerable part of revenues of the ‘Free Russia Foundation’** comes from the government of the United States. In 2024, the income from grants from the U.S. Government amounted to about 89%, or $5 370 591’. In the heat of battle, Mikhail Khodorkovsky has proved that Natalia Arno’s ‘Free Russian Foundation’ is a veteran grantee
A disgraceful scandal in the caretaker’s lodge of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) shaking the crowd of fugitive foreign agents has moved from mutual offences to an intriguing phase of counting money.
We would like to remind our readers that these ‘handshakables’ were at odds over places in the doll-like ‘delegation of Russian opposition’ at PACE. Recently, the leaders of the extremist ‘Forum of Free Russia’** and one of the founders of the ‘Anti-War Committee’** foreign agent Garry Kasparov*, at a restaurant, accused the traitor and foreign agent Vladimir Kara-Murza of dodging ‘the work in the team’. As witnesses reported, it was done in a manner specific for Garry Kasparov, i.e. in a markedly boorish and aggressive manner. As a result, the not less spiteful troll Kara-Murza banged the door and left the ‘Anti-War Committee’, having said that he finds it impossible to be in the same organization with Garry Kasparov ‘who sees boorishness and mean personal insults as acceptable methods of political struggle’
LEAKAGE FROM KHODORKOVSKY’S GO-GETTER
In general, there is nothing new in squabbles and quarrels in the caretaker’s lodge. However, along the way, Natalia Arno and Vladimir Milov, representatives of the ‘Free Russian Foundation’, lashed out at Mikhail Khodorkovsky*, and then the most interesting thing began. The offended Mikhail Khodorkovsky played a trump card at once – he leaked information on money.
The former head of the oil company Yukos transmitted a ‘scoop’ to his flock saying that the ‘Free Russian Foundation’ is a structure to distribute money of the U.S. State Department’. And this structure, according to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ‘felt itself as a political organization, and, under my eyes, started to try to dictate to parliamentarians at PACE’ what and how they have to do. ‘If this were a Russian opposition, I would be upset, but as it is a help staff of the State Department, then let it bring them up’, said Mikhail Khodorkovsky to broad public in social media. He also reminded of a grand that had been provided to the ‘Free Russia Foundation’.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: ‘Free Russia Foundation’ is a structure to distribute money of the State Department (see the material below the statement) which felt itself a political organization and, under my eyes, started to try to dictate to European parliamentarians at PACE what they have to change in their resolutions, how to choose people for cooperation, where to place decisions taken by them. Now they are accusing them and myself of conspiracy against their little joint… If it were a Russian opposition, I would be upset, but as it as a help staff of the State Department, then let it bring them up’.
And here is an icing of the cake: Natalia Arno and Vladimir Milov declared that I threatened, as I understood, Arno))) the threat, obviously, was to receive a grant from my foundation (for a useful purpose)? Or it related to invitation for a supper? Or, perhaps, Arno will show our letters as a proof of the threat? I have the correspondence. I will not be the first to show it, but I ask to believe me – after that, their words about the threat will provoke laughter…’
In order to substantially prove his scientific conclusion that Natalia Arno and Vladimir Milov, as well as other rabble in the ‘Free Russian Foundation’, are only ‘help staff of the U.S. State Department, Mikhail Khodorkovsky published a report about financial state in the cash-register of the ‘Free Russia Foundation’. He also stressed that he personally checked up the data.
And this is particularly valuable as all this fugitive gang was lying for years telling that financing of the opposition had been inventions and a ‘narrative of Russian propaganda’. But, everything, as usual, turned out to be sheer truth, and our website FLB.ru, for years, told our readers about that in its investigations.
We cite the ‘initiative’ paper of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky on finances of the ‘Free Russia Foundation’.
‘Analysis of receipts and expenditures
In 2024, combined receipts of the Foundation grew by 19% in comparison with 2023, basically, thanks to increased takings with regard to contracts and grants. The receipts from contracts and grants increased from $4 394 247 in 2023 up to $5 500 870 in 2024. At the same time, takings from donations decreased from $867 117 to $503 824.
Expenditures also showed increase by 17% in comparison with 2023. The main item of expenses – applications services – raised from $4 257 832 up to $5 058 400.
Administrative and general expenses also raised from $474 404 up to $487 181. The main increase of expenditures was observed in the categories ‘Wages and Benefits’ and ‘Travel allowances and concomitant expenditures’.
Financial position
At the end of 2024, the general assets of the Foundation raised by 29% and amounted to $2 618 686. This increase was, mainly caused by the increase of accounts receivable and advance repayments. At the same time, the amount of monetary funds decreased by 21.5% down to $706 263.
General liabilities rose by 11%, mainly due to the increase of advance repayments. The net assets of the Foundation, which is the key indicator of its financial stability, increased by 47% and reached $1 489 325.
Federal financing
A considerable part of revenues of the Free Russian Foundation comes from the government of the United States. In 2023, the receipts from the U.S. Government amounted to about 78% of overall return. In 2024, this part was raised to 89%. The total expenditures under federal programs grew up from $3 375 552 in 2023 up to $5 370 591 in 2024.
Main federal programs with participation of the Foundation:
- Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (BDRL). Expenses under programs of BDRL have considerably grown up.
- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)**. A certain drop of expenses has been observed in comparison with the previous year.
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)**; expenses under the program ‘Eurasia Phoenix’ have risen substantially’.
It’s like this. By the way, we would like to remind our readers that Mikhail Khodorkovsky together with Natalia Arno have pulled off a lot of impure acts. And now they these henchmen have started to give away each other.
After the beginning of the events in Ukraine, the head of the ‘Free Russia Foundation’ Natalia Arno became director of the company Reforum and curator of the civil organization ‘Kovcheg’ (Ark). It is known that both these projects directed at processing relocants were organized by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In particular, the work of ‘Reforum’ is managed directly by Alexander Solovyov, former head of Khodorkovsky’s ‘Open Russia’**. And the organization ‘Kovcheg’ is headed by Anastasia Burakova, who before that managed another Khodorkovsky’s project – ‘Protection of Human Rights Postcard’ (Правозащита Открытки).**
On the photo made in PACE on March 21, 2023, Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands behind Natalia Arno (on the far right), next to him Garry Kasparov, Dmitry and Gennady Gudkov, Sergey Guriyev, Yevgeniya Kara-Murza and others.
And one more detail from the ‘terrarium of likeminded’ – one of the possible reason of Garry Kasparov’s psychosis is that, in September 2025, the ‘Dirty Garry’ was caught stealing money from the ‘Human Rights Foundation’**, the oldest of that kind. All materials, including traces of Kasparov’s financial schemes, were inherited by madam Navalnaya, who, so it seems, is armed now with an assault rifle and is about to use these smashing materials in her own interests. (See also the investigation ‘Garry Kasparov caught embezzling’. Under the guidance of Garry Kasparov, the Human Rights foundation (HRF), the oldest human rights advocacy, was engaged in stock exchange speculations and laundering of great amount of monetary means. ‘Kasparov’s laundry’ has laundered 224 million dollars, and Yulia Navalnaya, the new head of the HRF, is trying to cover up tracks).
Author: Buba Filin
* Foreign agents, extremists; ** Extremist terrorist undesirable organizations
* Khodorkovsky Mikhail Borisovich, born 26.06.1963, Identification Number of a Taxpayer (INN) 770200035117, Individual Insurance Account Number (SNILS) 168-196-008 95 – on 20.05.2022 was acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as physical person fulfilling function of a foreign agent. Included in the Registry of foreign agents with No 389. In 2015, Russia included Khodorkovsky in the international wanted list in connection with the case of his involvement in the murder of the mayor of the town Nefteyugansk Vladimir Petukhov and attempted murder of the entrepreneur Yevgeny Rybin; Apart from that, a criminal case is opened against Mikhail Khodorkovsky in accordance with Article 205.2 Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Coder of the Russian Federation (public callings for carrying out terrorist activities). He was included, on November 19, 2025, by the agency Rosfinmonitoring in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists;
* Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya, born 24.07.1976, on July 11, 2024, was included by the agency Rosfinmonitoring to the list of organizations and physical persons involved in extremist activities or terrorism with No 9491;
* Kasparov Garry Kimovich, born 13.04.1963, Identification Number of a Taxpayer (INN) 770400107320, Individual Insurance Account Number (SNILS) 071-397-729 87; on March 06, 2024, was included by the agency Rosfinmonitoring in the list of organizations and physical persons involved in extremist activities or terrorism; included in the Index with No 388; 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. In Russia, Kasparov G.K is accused of committing crimes under Article 205.4, Paragraph 1, Article 205.2, Paragraph 2, Article 205.2., Paragraph 2, Article 205.1, Paragraph 4, Article 205.2, and Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. He was arrested in absentia;
* Vladimir Milov – on 06.05.2022, by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation was included in the registry of mass media fulfilling functions of a foreign agent. On 16.11.2023 Milov V.S. by the verdict of Moscow Basmanny District Court was found guilty (in absentia) of a crime under Article 207.3, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. On April 10, 2024, the Moscow City Court found the verdict legal; it entered into force. He was put on a wanted list;
** ‘Russia Antiwar Committee’ – an informal organization whose activities are acknowledged as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation by the Ruling of the Office of the Prosecutor General of 11.01.2024. In October 2025, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case in accordance with Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Forcible seizure of power and Forcible Retention of Power) as well as in accordance with Article 205.4 of the CC of the RF, Paragraphs 1 and 2 (Organization of a terrorist community and participation in it) against the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of Russia ‘Anti-war Committee’ (foreign agents Mikhail Kasyanov, Marat Gelman, Leonid Gozmen, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Sergey Alexashenko, Dminry Gudkov, Sergey Guriyev, Boris Zimin, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, Yevgeny Kiselyov, Mikhail Kokorich, Yevgeny Kunin, Yelena Lukyanova, Yury Pivovarov, Konstantin Chumakov, Anastasia Shevchenko, Viktor Shenderovich, Garry Kasparov, Kirill Martynov, Maxim Reznik, Artur Smolytaninov, Yekaterina Shulman (all of them are acknowledged as foreign agents in the Russian Federation – notice by the Russian new agency TASS ) as well as with regard to others unidentified persons, in was reported in the Center of Public Relations (TsOS) of the Federal Security Service FSB. As to Marat Gelman, Leonid Gozman, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Garry Kasparov, they are included by the agency Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists;
** ‘Forum Free Russia’, organization whose activity is acknowledged as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, its activities in Russia are prohibited, its leaders and participants are included by the agency Rosfinmonitoring in the Index of terrorists;
** Free Russia Foundation, USA – organization the activity of which was acknowledged as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the decision of the Office of the Prosecutor General of 28.07.2019, by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the RF No 814-р of 28.06.2019, included in the list of undesirable organizations. The Foundation was included on 09.10.2019 in the Registry of Foreign agents with No 195. On 26.07.2024, by the decision of the Court, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included the ‘Free Russia Foundation’ in the list of extremist organizations;
** ‘Anti-Corruption Foundation’ (FBK) – was included in the registry of NKOs fulfilling functions of a foreign agent, by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of 09.10.2019 the Organization was acknowledged as extremist, its activities are forbidden on the territory of the Russian Federation by the Ruling of the Moscow City Court of 09.06.2021;
** Anti-Corruption Foundation Inc. (ACF, USA) – American clone of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation was included on 23.12.2022 in the Registry of NGOs fulfilling functions of a foreign agent. On 01.06.2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, based on the decision of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, included the foreign legal entity Anti-Corruption Foundation Inc. in the list of ‘undesirable’ organization. On 27.11.2025, the Supreme Court sustained the claim of the Office of the Prosecutor General on acknowledgement of the American legal entity ‘Anti-Corruption Foundation a terrorist organization;
** National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – organization whose activity is acknowledged as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the Office of the Prosecutor General of 28.07.2015;
** Meta Platforms INC. This company is acknowledged as extremist one in the Russian Federation and is prohibited, included in the Index of extremists of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
