FBK leadership has departed from the principles of 'Do not lie and do not steal'". Ivan Zhdanov ga...

"FBK leadership has departed from the principles of 'Do not lie and do not steal'". Ivan Zhdanov gave a long interview to Irina Shikhman about taking Navalny's biomaterials out of the country, FBK's mistakes, and his dismissal

Former FBK director Ivan Zhdanov, who was fired from the foundation in the fall of 2025, gave a long interview to Irina Shikhman. In this conversation, Zhdanov explained how he organized the transfer of Navalny's biomaterials abroad, to Western laboratories that later determined what poison had been used on the politician in the Arctic penal colony. In addition, Zhdanov spoke about his disagreements with FBK's leadership, the foundation's decisions that he did not agree with, and Leonid Volkov's signature on a letter supporting banker Mikhail Fridman.

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"FBK leadership has departed from the principles of 'Do not lie and do not steal'"

Former FBK director Ivan Zhdanov, who worked at the foundation for more than 10 years and was fired in the fall of 2025, gave a long interview to Irina Shikhman (and his first interview immediately after leaving was with "Meduza"). In the conversation with Shikhman, Zhdanov explained how he organized the transfer of biomaterials…