Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder,and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

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This book is another incredible journey into the pits of Russian degeneracy, and the Russian government’s fight against the Magnitsky Act that Browder fought so hard to pass to vindicate the death of his friend and attorney, Sergei Magnitsky. Magnitsky exposed Russian corruption and misconduct alongside Browder and was subsequently tortured and killed by the regime. From the first chapter to the last, I was hanging on to the edge of my seat during the entire book, as Browder courageously tries to find out who was behind the spiderweb of money laundering and murder and why. a b "Final Judgement: MAGNITSKIY AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA". European Court of Human Rights. 27 November 2019 . Retrieved 21 November 2019.

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Browder has been the recipient of dozens of awards and recognitions. Some of the most significant are listed below. Ten more minutes crept by before she returned with a senior-looking police officer. He stood over me and presented my charge sheet in English. Under EU law, anyone who’s been arrested must be presented with the charges in their native language. No lawyer? What the hell did that mean? This was an EU country. I was sure I had the right to a lawyer.Of perhaps special interest to watchers of the 2016 American Election and the often cited attempts of Russian collusion, it was especially interesting to follow the trail of Russian lawyer and Browder bête noire Natalia Veselnitskaya who notoriously met with Trump proxies at Trump Tower in June 2016. The meeting had been brushed off as dealing with "Russian adoption", which as Browder explains is code for Putin's attempts at a repeal of Magnitsky legislation. Putin stopped the American adoption of Russian orphans in retaliation for the first passing the U.S. Magnitsky Act. There was no way I would willingly enter an unmarked building to submit to an exam of any kind. If this were a kidnapping, and I was starting to believe it was, I could picture what was in there: a bright-white office with a steel gurney, a little table with an assortment of syringes, and Russian men in cheap suits. Once inside, I’d be injected with something. The next thing I knew, I’d wake up in a Moscow prison. My life would be over. Browder's interview with Preet Bharara on the Stay Tuned with Preet podcast received the People's Choice Webby Award for Best Individual Podcast. [67] Clover, Charles; Weaver, Courtney (17 February 2013). "Dead lawyer to go on trial in Russia". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022 . Retrieved 10 June 2020. Bill Browder on Stay Tuned with Preet". Archived from the original on 20 October 2019 . Retrieved 20 October 2019.

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More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry a b Gray, Rosie (25 July 2017). "Bill Browder's Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017 . Retrieved 11 March 2020. Amnesty International described the trial as "a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record" and a "sinister attempt to deflect attention from those who committed the crimes Magnitsky exposed". [44]a b "Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen To Expatriate, as Required by Section 6039G". Department of Treasury: Internal Revenue Service. 22 October 1998. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019 . Retrieved 18 January 2020. But at that moment, something shifted in their demeanor. One officer stepped very close to me while the other made a frantic call on his cell phone. He spoke into the phone for a couple of minutes and, after hanging up, typed something. He showed it to me. Google Translate. It read, “Medical exams standard protocol.” On 30 May 2018, Browder was arrested by Spanish police in Madrid on a Russian Interpol arrest warrant. [16] He was freed soon after when the General Secretary of Interpol warned the Spanish police not to follow the Russian arrest warrant. Browder had come to Spain to brief anti-mafia prosecutor José Grinda. After briefing him, Browder returned to the United Kingdom later that evening. [51] Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial? And you wonder why the Ukrainian war is still going on...what better way to distract the West and provide his own people with a Cause, Russianness or Russification call it what you will, to rally behind him to fight!

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I snatched up the charge sheet along with my phones. I had 178 missed calls. There was a message from the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, asking me to call as soon as possible. Every news outlet—ABC, Sky News, the BBC, CNN, Time, the Washington Post—all of them wanted to know what was going on. Same with Elena, David, and friends from all around the world, including several in Russia. I texted Elena that I was fine and would call her soon. I did the same with David and my colleagues at the office in London. a b Editorial Board (19 June 2016). "Russian agitprop lands in Washington". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 . Retrieved 10 June 2020. I laughed a little. “No, thank you. This whole ordeal has made me forty-five minutes late for a meeting—with José Grinda.” Browder, William (22 December 2009). "They Killed My Lawyer". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009 . Retrieved 26 December 2009. Sergei Magnitsky was our attorney, and friend, who died under excruciating circumstances in a Moscow pre-trial detention center on November 16, 2009. Siegel, Tatiana (6 September 2017). "Hedge Fund Manager Teams With Oscar-Winning Screenwriter to Take on Vladimir Putin". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019 . Retrieved 10 June 2020.I’m sorry, I’m just the translator. I only wanted to introduce myself.” She got up and left. She didn’t even say her name. In March 2013, HSBC, a bank that serves as the trustee and manager of Hermitage Capital Management, announced that it would end the fund's operations in Russia. The decision was taken amid two legal cases against Browder: a libel court case in London and a trial in absentia for tax evasion in Moscow. [32] Main articles: The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes and Natalia Veselnitskaya §Advocacy against the Magnitsky Act Browder and others at a 2015 talk hosted by the Hudson Institute When they heard his name, all the color drained from their faces. They practically fell over themselves to offer me a ride to Grinda’s office. The other thing is, this whole story isn't about him. It's about his crusade to make a friend's murder lead to desperately needed reform. Basically, he's fighting the good fight for all who can't. Yes, there's self-interest involved, but it's hard to see this as anything but admirable.

Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering

I hope that my story will help you understand the methods of Russian operatives in Washington and how they use U.S. enablers to achieve major foreign policy goals without disclosing those interests. I also hope that this story and others like it may lead to a change in the FARA enforcement regime in the future. [56] [57] Books about experiences in Russia [ edit ] The officers heard me. The driver jerked the car to the side of the road. Both men jumped out. My door opened, and the larger officer hauled me onto the street. He aggressively patted me down and confiscated both of my phones. Super interesting, can't recommend it enough. I found it very unbiased, and unpolitical with regard to our political parties. It was just straight-up white-collar theft committed by thugs with power. Keep on your toes Bill, memories are long. Keystone-SDA/sp (14 August 2023). "Russia sanctions: 'Switzerland is part of the problem' ". SWI swissinfo.ch . Retrieved 31 August 2023.Some European theatre screenings and a television broadcast of the film were cancelled after threats of libel suits from Browder. [74] According to Browder's 2017 testimony to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya hired a former Wall Street Journal reporter, Chris Cooper of the Potomac Group, to organise its US premiere. [56] Over Browder's objections, the Newseum in Washington, D.C. held a screening in June 2016 hosted by Seymour Hersh. [73] Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)'s office actively promoted the screening, sending out invitations from the office of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, which Rohrabacher chaired at the time; he was described by The Daily Beast as "a long-standing Russia ally". [76] Vladimir Putin statement in Helsinki [ edit ] On each side of him was a uniformed police officer. The patches on their crisp, navy shirts read, POLICIA NACIONAL. Putin’s retaliation has led him to try and entrap Browder repeatedly, having him arrested by a rather dim Interpol in Madrid, acting unwittingly in Putin’s interests, and chased by heavies in New York and Aspen; targeting him in a would-be honey-trap in Monaco; pursuing him through the US courts; and, most egregiously, requesting at the famous 2018 Helsinki summit with Trump that Trump hand him over as part of an exchange of GRU officers wanted for US election interference. Apologies, Mr. Browder,” the manager said, glancing at the floor. “But these men need to see your identification.” This was already the world Bill Browder lived in as a founder of Hermitage Capital Management, a successful hedge fund based in Moscow in the early 2000s. He has recounted those years in his bestselling 2015 exposé Red Notice, some of whose content overlaps with this book, mainly the murder of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009. Browder had been expelled from Russia four years before and evacuated most of his team to London, but Magnitsky insisted on staying. (Worth noting, in the current circumstances, that Magnitsky was Ukrainian by birth, born in Odesa.)