"Corruption funds terrorists who attack our troops," said Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland.
The Mail on Sunday claimed that "much of this money is wasted and the Great British Giveaway fuels corruption, funds despots and corrodes democracy in developing nations".
"They are asking about the Anti-Corruption Fund, who works for it, what they do — surely they want to be employed by us".
Police also cordoned off Navalny's office, where the prolific campaigner runs his Anti-Corruption Fund and co-ordinates his exposés involving government bodies and large companies.
Former banker Vladimir Ashurkov is the executive director of the anti-corruption fund led by Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of president Vladimir Putin who was recently convicted of fraud in a trial that was widely seen as politically motivated.
Shortly before his trial on embezzlement charges was to begin, the blogger and opposition activist Aleksei A. Navalny, 36, sat down for an interview in the Moscow office of his anti-corruption fund.
Ashurkov will continue working remotely with the Progress party and the anti-corruption fund, which has frequently published well-documented reports comparing prominent officials' largesse with their moderate stated salaries.
Sitting with the Guardian on Tuesday, he was interrupted by an official from the Investigative Committee, the closest thing Russia has to a political police, seeking documents about his anti-corruption fund, RosPil.
Most of the leaders being questioned had been allowed to leave by police by yesterday evening, but Navalny remained in custody and was escorted to the office of his Anti-Corruption Fund so he could be present while it was searched.
The protests were organized by the Anti-Corruption Fund — an organization led by political dissident Alexei Navalny, who currently sits in prison.
