International Foundation for Civil Liberties

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The International Foundation for Civil Liberties is a non-profit organization and political pressure group established by the Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky in November 2000.

The foundation is headquartered in New York City and headed by microbiologist, author and activist Alexander Goldfarb. The stated mission of the foundation is "to provide financial, legal, informational and logistical resources to secure human rights and civil liberties in Russia." The first grant of the foundation ($3 million) was given as an endowment for the Andrei Sakharov Museum and Civic Center in Moscow. The grant was accepted by Sakharov's widow Elena Bonner [1] By May 2001, 160 more grants have been awarded by the foundation to NGOs engaged in human rights protection across Russia.[1]. IFCL supported Alexander Litvinenko through a resettlement grant that paid for rent of his two-bedroom apartment in UK. [1].

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  1. ^ a b c Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko. "Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB." Free Press, New York, 2007. ISBN 978-1416551652.

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