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Bill Browder

    Bill Browder, fondatore e CEO di Hermitage Capital Management, è stato il più grande investitore estero in Russia fino al 2005. Dal 2009, anno in cui il suo avvocato Sergei Magnitsky fu assassinato in prigione dopo aver scoperto una frode da 230 milioni di dollari commessa da funzionari governativi russi, Browder guida una campagna per smascherare la corruzione endemica e gli abusi dei diritti umani in Russia. Prima di fondare Hermitage, Browder è stato vicepresidente presso Salomon Brothers.

    Bill Browder
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    Freezing Order
    Red Notice
    • Freezing Order

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      "When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life's mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who was behind the $230 million tax refund scheme that Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas, they were shocked to discover that Vladimir Putin himself was a beneficiary of the crime. As law enforcement agencies began freezing the money, Putin retaliated. He and his cronies set up honey traps, hired process servers to chase Browder through cities, murdered more of his Russian allies, and enlisted some of the top lawyers and politicians in America to bring him down"--Publisher marketing.

      Freezing Order2022
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    • In November 2009, Sergei Magnitsky, a young lawyer, was brutally beaten to death in a Moscow prison after being handcuffed to a bed rail. His crime was testifying against Russian Interior Ministry officials involved in a conspiracy to embezzle $230 million in state taxes from a prominent hedge fund. The investigation into his murder remains unresolved, and a farcical posthumous trial further tarnished Putin's regime in the eyes of the international community. This work serves as a powerful exposé of the Russian authorities' cover-up surrounding Magnitsky’s imprisonment and death, delving into the dark realities of the Kremlin. Bill Browder, the hedge fund manager who hired Magnitsky, recounts his tumultuous journey from the vibrant financial sectors of New York and London in the 1990s to confrontations with ruthless oligarchs in post-Soviet Moscow, ultimately leading to his expulsion from Russia on Putin's orders. Browder’s vivid depiction of the Russian government as a criminal enterprise reveals his evolution from financier to human rights advocate, fighting for justice for his late lawyer and friend. With revelations of fraud, bribery, corruption, and torture, this narrative unfolds as a gripping political saga that resonates within the highest levels of Western power.

      Red Notice2015
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    • Zatykač

      • 328pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Musím žiť s vedomím, že existuje reálna šanca, že ma Putin alebo jeho prisluhovači môžu zavraždiť. Ako väčšina ľudí, ani ja netúžim po smrti. Nemôžem uviesť všetky opatrenia, ktoré som prijal na ochranu seba a rodiny, no jedným z nich je táto kniha. Ak by ma zavraždili, budete vedieť, kto to spáchal. Ak sympatizujete so Sergejovým tragickým osudom, podeľte sa o tento príbeh s každým, koho poznáte. Takýto čin pomôže udržať nažive ducha Sergeja Magnitského a má väčší význam ako armáda mojich telesných strážcov. V novembri 2009 bol mladý právnik Sergej Magnitský uväznený v moskovskej väznici, kde ho ôsmi policajti ubili na smrť. Jeho zločinom bolo svedectvo proti predstaviteľom ruského ministerstva vnútra, ktorí ukradli 230 miliónov dolárov. Vražda Magnitského ostala nevyšetrená a vinníci neboli potrestaní. Posmrtný súdny proces bol fraškou, ktorá diskreditovala Putinov režim. Faktografický román odhaľuje kamufláž, ktorou sa ruské úrady snažili skryť pravdu o Magnitského uväznení a zavraždení. Bill Browder, jeho zamestnávateľ, pozýva čitateľov na cestu od vrcholu finančníctva v New Yorku a Londýne až po jeho vykázanie z Moskvy na Putinov príkaz. Browder vykresľuje ruskú vládu ako zločinecké zoskupenie a zachytáva svoju premenu na ľudskoprávneho aktivistu, ktorý organizoval kampaň za spravodlivosť pre Magnitského. Tento šokujúci, no pravdivý príbeh je plný hrozivých zvratov a korupcie.

      Zatykač2015
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