DISINFO: US imposes sanctions for Navalny's alleged poisoning
SUMMARY
The United States imposed new sanctions against nine Russian citizens and two entities for the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny, a person who has been arrested for violating his parole conditions but also for inciting illegal demonstrations as the head of the extremist organisation FBK.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and sanctions, but also about Navalny's "Anti-Corruption Foundation" (FBK).
Additionally, Alexei Navalny has founded the Russia of the Future party in 2018, but he is also the leader of the "Anti-Corruption Foundation" (FBK), which has investigated embezzlement from the Russian state budget, uncovered the lives of Russian politicians and businessmen close to the government and different corruption practices.
FBK's goal is to eliminate corruption. Their funding comes from donations and therefore the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation recognised FBK as a "foreign agent" due to the Russian "foreign agent" law because they receive donations from outside Russia. However, FBK does not agree with this claim and is appealing it in court.
See further disinformation claims that Alexei Navalny is a depleted political project; that the neo-liberal forces behind Navalny will intensify their attempts to destroy Russia; that Navalny is used as an instrument by Western special services and that the West needs Alexei Navalny to destabilise the situation in Russia.