Navalny foundation rocked by dueling accusations as ex-officials break ranks

A new scandal is unfolding around the Anti-Corruption Foundation. It began with an interview Meduza published with Irina Alleman, the host of the Populyarnaya Politika (“Popular Politics”) channel, who resigned and criticized the organization’s leadership and colleagues for a “toxic atmosphere” and an unwillingness to discuss pressing problems. The controversy then deepened when former Anti-Corruption Foundation director Ivan Zhdanov, who had left the previous fall, gave an interview to Irina Sh...