Ivan Zhdanov

Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

In 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.

In April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.

In August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film "He is not your Dimon" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.

Another case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations

In April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.

In June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.

In August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.

In September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.

In August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.

In December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.