www.odfoundation.eu 25250 RESPONSE AND DETAILED CORRECTION Report published: 6 November 2017 www.odfoundation.eu Contents 1. Resume .......................................................................................................................................... 4 2. General and organisational notes .................................................................................................... 8 3. The background of the report's publication - a commentary .......................................................... 12 4. Basic weaknesses of the report and possible motivations of the author ........................................ 14 5. A review of mistakes - corrections and detailed commentaries...................................................... 17 5.1. IVAN SHERSTYUK DID NOT RECEIVE MONEY FROM MUKHTAR ABLYAZOV .......................................... 17 5.2. THE DEFENCE OF ABLYAZOV AND MALYUTIN WAS NOT THE MAIN ACTIVITY OF THE ODF ............. 18 5.3. PETRO KOZLOVSKY SOLD MAYAK IN 2003 AND LOST EVERYTHING IN 2014 ........................................ 19 5.4. THERE IS NO BRANCH IN ST. PETERSBURG, THERE WAS NO MONEY FROM RUSSIA ......................... 22 5.5. PETRO KOZLOVSKY DID NOT FINANCE ‘SVOBODA’ – HE SUPPORTED THE ASSOCIATION OF POLISH CULTURE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 5.6. BARTOSZ KRAMEK AND LYUDMYLA KOZLOVSKA ARE NOT TELLING LIES .............................................. 24 5.7. WE POSITIVELY ASSESS THE ACTIVITY OF MUKHTAR ABLYAZOV AND NAIL MALYUTIN .................... 24 5.8. ACQUAINTANCE WITH PROFESSOR OSADCZY DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING ........................................ 25 5.9. THE 2006 ELECTION IN KAZAKHSTAN HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE ODF ...................................... 25 5.10. DAMIAN TOMASIK WAS A MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL IN ANOTHER PERIOD ........ 25 5.11. TOMASZ CZUWARA CEASED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ODF BOARD IN DECEMBER 2016 ............ 26 5.12. SILK ROAD AND OEG AND THEIR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES – THERE WAS NO VISA TRADING ............. 26 5.13. TERNOPILSKA FOUNDATION AND MARIYA YAKUBOVYCH ARE PARTNERS OF THE ODF ................ 27 5.14. THE CLOSED ODF OFFICE IN KYIV ..................................................................................................................... 27 5.15. THE ODF IS NOT PRESENT IN KAZAKHSTAN .................................................................................................. 27 5.16. WEALTH OF DONORS IS NOT A CRITERION ................................................................................................... 27 5.17. NOT EVERY VICTIM IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST .................................................................................... 29 5.18. THE CHOICE OF THE DESCRIBED CASES IS SELECTIVE AND DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ............... 30 5.19. MUKHTAR ABLYAZOV IS NOT A HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER. AND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ......... 31 5.20. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF KAZAKHSTAN WAS ‘COMMUNIST’ ONLY BY NAME ............................ 32 5.21. NAIL MALYUTIN IS A WHISTLEBLOWER, NOT AN OPPOSITIONIST ......................................................... 33 5.22. THE CASE OF ALEXANDER ORLOV .................................................................................................................... 35 5.23. HALTED TRANSPORT OF BULLETPROOF VESTS ............................................................................................ 37 5.24. HELP TO UKRAINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS ............................................................................. 41 5.25. THE ODF DID NOT INTRIGUE – THERE ARE NO SOURCES AND SPECIFIC SITUATIONS ..................... 42 5.26. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NIGHT WOLVES WAS OUR INITIATIVE .................................................. 43 5.27. CAMPAIGN AGAINST MISTRALS ....................................................................................................................... 44 5.28. THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE ODF'S ACTIVITIES IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ................................. 47 2 www.odfoundation.eu 5.29. LYUDMYLA KOZLOVSKA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LUSTRATION BOARD ............................................. 47 5.30. LYUDMYLA KOZLOVSKA FOUNDED THE UKRAINIAN LIBRARY IN SEVASTOPOL ................................. 48 5.31. THE ODF IS IN LEGAL CONFLICT WITH TOMASZ MACIEJCZUK ................................................................. 48 5.32. THERE WAS NO MEETING WITH THE RIGHT SECTOR; NATIONALISTS ARE NOT A REFERENCE POINT ................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 5.33. VOLODYMYR KHANAS IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE .................................................................................... 50 5.34. REVENUES OF THE ODF: HOW MARCIN REY LOST HALF A MILLION ZLOTYS ...................................... 50 5.35. FUND-RAISING AT THE CONCERT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 52 5.36. THE REPORTS WERE SIGNED ON THE ADVICE OF LAWYERS .................................................................... 53 5.37. JACEK ŚWIECA'S RELATION WITH GEN. DUKACZEWSKI WAS OF NO IMPORTANCE ......................... 53 5.38. LYUDMYLA KOZLOVSKA WAS INVITED TO MEET WITH SOROS .............................................................. 54 5.39. MUKHTAR ABLYAZOV IS A VICTIM OF NATIONALISATION OF BTA BANK ............................................ 54 5.40. IN THE USA, NADIA SAVCHENKO DIDN’T GIVE UP ON CRIMEA FOR RUSSIA ...................................... 57 5.41. AT THE CONFERENCE IN PORTO, WE ISSUED STATEMENTS AGAINST PUTIN ..................................... 58 5.42. EUROMAIDAN WARSAW IS A MERITORIOUS ORGANISATION................................................................ 59 5.43. ALEKSANDER ORLOV WASN’T A MEMBER OF THE PROJECT TEAM ....................................................... 59 5.44. WHO IS WHO IN THE SHALABAYEV FAMILY .................................................................................................. 60 5.45. ‘THE LEFTIST CORPORATION’ GOOGLE DIDN’T FINANCE ODF ................................................................ 60 5.46. NATALIA PANCHENKO AND FARFETCHED CONTROVERSIONS (VISAS AND FUNDRAISERS) ........... 61 5.47. THERE WERE NO SUCH WORKERS ................................................................................................................... 62 5.48. PETRO KOZLOVSKY DIDN’T SERVE IN THE NAVY.......................................................................................... 62 5.49. LYUDMYLA KOZLOVSKA WASN’T PRESENT ON MAIDAN .......................................................................... 62 5.50. INACCURATE BIOGRAPHY OF MARCIN ŚWIĘCICKI ...................................................................................... 63 5.51. THE UKRAINIAN WORLD CENTRE WASN’T ENGAGED IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY............................ 63 5.52. WE TAKE PART IN EXTRADITION TRIALS AND IT’S NOT A SECRET .......................................................... 65 5.53. THE PROJECT WITH THE FARM 51 GROUP WAS COORDINATED BY A DIFFERENT PERSON ........... 65 6. The perception of the project ........................................................................................................ 67 6.1. PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA ........................................................................................................ 67 6.2. ONET.PL: YET ANOTHER BLOW AGAINST THE OPEN DIALOG FOUNDATION AND YET ANOTHER DISGRACE [THE ANALYSIS] ................................................................................................................ 67 6.3. TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: MARCIN REY’S ANOTHER FRONTLINE ................................................ 68 6.4. INTERNET USERS (FACEBOOK, TWITTER) .................................................................................... 71 Annex No. 1: The case of Nail Malyutin in M. Rey's report – commentary by Igor Savchenko ............. 81 Annex No. 2: Typical rhetoric of Balli Marzec .................................................................................... 83 3 www.odfoundation.eu 1. Summary Following its firm statement in defence of the independence of the judiciary, and thus, against violation of the Constitution and the rule of law in Poland, on 21 July 2017, The Open Dialog Foundation became the object of unprecedented attacks1,2,3,4,5 by the Polish governmental administration and broader right- wing circles (in particular, state and pro-government media, as well as openly pro-Russian, or Russian press6). Unexpectedly, some social activists, including those who had previously worked with us and had been supported by the Foundation, joined the attackers. One is7 Marcin Rey8 who runs the Facebook page of Russian V Column in Poland. With regard to him specifically, we consider the real reasons for his attack to derive from his ambitions and personal issues (although we do not deny that he may feel at least partially correct in his statements and believe in the theses which he proclaims). At the same time, M. Rey himself admits that in the last parliamentary elections he voted for Law and Justice9 (although he adds that he is now critical of many activities of