Our mission

Octore strengthens accountability for corruption connected to Russian power structures, and supports the people who expose it.

What Octore works toward

Octore supports independent investigations that can hold up under legal and editorial scrutiny. We help organisations continue when political pressure or financial risk threatens their work.

Octore also improves European understanding of cross-border corruption. Reliable evidence gives institutions a basis for lawful action.

How Octore works

Independence from political instruction

Funding and editorial decisions are not exchanged for access, favour or influence.

Evidence before narrative

Claims move forward only when the underlying material can support them.

Protection of partners and sources

Security requirements shape what Octore publishes and what remains confidential.

Public benefit as the test of every grant

Each project must serve a purpose beyond the interests of any donor or political faction.

Lawful methods only

Octore does not fund illegal activity. Partners are never asked to cross that line.

The problem Octore addresses

Russian-linked corruption operates through European corporate forms and professional services. Money moves quickly. The systems that enable it are often local.

Octore funds work that maps those structures and puts usable material before people who can act on it.

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