Episode 156 of Down to Business podcast
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This week on Down To Business, Bill Browder, founder and chief executive of Hermitage Capital, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, describes how he started more than a decade ago on his campaign to convince the world that Russian President Vladimir Putin is dangerously corrupt.
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Browder, who grew up in the U.S. and now lives in London, initially flagged corruption in Russia as part of an investment strategy, but his motives and endgame changed after his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained by Russian authorities and eventually killed.
Since then, Browder has campaigned on Magintsky’s behalf to pass laws around the world, such as Canada’s Magnitsky Act in 2017, that allow countries to sanction foreign individuals who have committed human rights abuses or been involved in significant corruption.
Browder’s new book, called “Freezing Order, A true story of money laundering, murder and surviving Vladimir Putin’s wrath” details the last 10 years of his life.
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