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avebury

(10,952 posts)
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 09:01 AM Jul 2017

Has anybody read Red Notice: A True Story of High

Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder?

He has been on MSNBC a lot lately regarding Jrs meeting with the Russians. I just started it last night and, if Chapter 1 is any indication, it will be a roller coaster ride of a read.


https://www.amazon.com/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice-ebook/dp/B00LD1ORX6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1500469075&sr=1-1&keywords=red+notice+bill+browder+kindle

A New York Times bestseller: “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early candidate for any list of the year’s best books” (Fortune).

This is a story about an accidental activist. Bill Browder started out his adult life as the Wall Street maverick whose instincts led him to Russia just after the breakup of the Soviet Union, where he made his fortune.

Along the way he exposed corruption, and when he did, he barely escaped with his life. His Russian lawyer wasn’t so lucky: he ended up in jail, where he was tortured to death. That changed Browder forever. He saw the murderous heart of the Putin regime and has spent the last half decade on a campaign to expose it. Because of that, he became Putin’s number one enemy, especially after Browder succeeded in having a law passed in the United States that punishes a list of Russians implicated in the lawyer’s murder. Putin famously retaliated with a law that bans Americans from adopting Russian orphans.

A financial caper, a crime thriller, and a political crusade, Red Notice is the story of one man taking on overpowering odds to change the world, and also the story of how, without intending to, he found meaning in his life.

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Has anybody read Red Notice: A True Story of High (Original Post) avebury Jul 2017 OP
Thx! Here's a great article from politico: Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #1
Yes I have, a great book that really shows how Putin rules and how they figured out katmondoo Jul 2017 #2

katmondoo

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2. Yes I have, a great book that really shows how Putin rules and how they figured out
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 10:07 AM
Jul 2017

the way to get rich. This book helps to understand the Russians and Putin in todays world. I highly recommend it. I plan on reading it again. I accidently picked it up in the library and think I will buy it and loan it to members of my family who lean right.

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