Red Notice

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A real life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin s corruption.Bill Browder s journey started on the South Side of Chicago and moved through Stanford Business School to the dog eat dog world of hedge fund investing in the 1990s It continued in Moscow, where Browder made his fortune heading the largest investment fund in Russia after the Soviet Union s collapse But when he exposed the corrupt oligarchs who were robbing the companies in which he was investing, Vladimir Putin turned on him and, in 2005, had him expelled from Russia In 2007, a group of law enforcement officers raided Browder s offices in Moscow and stole 230 million of taxes that his fund s companies had paid to the Russian government Browder s attorney Sergei Magnitsky investigated the incident and uncovered a sprawling criminal enterprise A month after Sergei testified against the officials involved, he was arrested and thrown into pre trial detention, where he was tortured for a year On November 16, 2009, he was led to an isolation chamber, handcuffed to a bedrail, and beaten to death by eight guards in full riot gear Browder glimpsed the heart of darkness, and it transformed his life he embarked on an unrelenting quest for justice in Sergei s name, exposing the towering cover up that leads right up to Putin 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. Read Red Notice – kino-fada.fr Born into a left wing family in America, Bill Browder attended a boarding school where he became quite rebellious and very unsettled Not happy with his home life he made the decision to become a capitalist knowing that it would surely upset his parents However, once he settled down with his studies he was soon accepted into Standford University and on his way to becoming everything he ev...3 1 2 stars I listened to the audio of Red Notice It was fascinating and I have no regrets about listening to it, but there were a few things that grated on me enough to knock off a 1 2 star from what would otherwise have been a solid 4 stars In Red Notice, Bill Browder recounts his involvement in the world of high finance in Russia, events which ultimately led to the arrest, torture and death of one of his lawyers, and which transformed Browder from manager of a multi billion dollar investme 3 1 2 stars I listened to the audio of Red Notice It was fascinating and I have no regrets about listening to it, but there were a few things that grated on me enough to knock o...Now this is an explosive, revealing and shocking read that had my complete attention from page one Bill Browder s account reads like a thriller but its non fiction and is compelling reading for anyone interested in reading about High Finance, Murder and one man s fight for justice in modern Russia imageNovember 2009 an emancipated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bedrail and beaten to death by eight police officers H Now this is an explosive, revealing and shocking read that had my complete attention from page one Bill Browder s account reads like a thriller but its non fiction and is compelling reading for anyone interested in reading about High Finance, Murder and one man s fight for justice in modern Russia imageNovember 2009 an emancipated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezi...An interesting and entertaining read Only marred by the self righteous tone of an author Browder can t see beyond his own perspective After cleaning out Russia by purchasing underpriced stock and turning it around for a quick profit Once he achieved hi...An excellent true account of the author s ups and downs as an investor in Putin s Russia Along the way, he encounters brazen acts of embezzlement, theft and even murder by this lawless kleptocracy, losi...The main lesson of this volume is the documentation of how far Russia has slid into kleptocracy, where the rule of law had become only a tool used to extort, to destroy, and to consolidate the gains of a select few To recap Russia around 1995 1996 was at a low ebb President Yeltsin s popularity was at about 4%, and cabinet ministers and close family members were about to be charged with corruption The economy was in dismal shape, and Russia would default on its debt by 1998 The Communist P The main lesson of this volume is the documentation of how far Russia has slid into kleptocracy, where the rule of law had become only a tool used to extort, to destroy, and to consolidate the gains of a select few To recap Russia around 1995 1996 was at a low ebb President Yeltsin s popularity was at about 4%, and cabinet ministers and close family members were about to be charged with corruption The economy was in dismal shape, and Russia would default on its debt by 1998 The Communist Party was expected to win the upcoming elections, and yet Gennedy Zhuganov had made assurances to foreign investors that he would not re nationalize privatized property Few believed him Enter Bill Browder, grandson of the founder of the Communist Party USA He saw opportunity in the Russian market, from the tumult of privatization Not the loans for shares model, which was a disaster, but the relatively transparent process of voucher privatization V...This stunningly good book is authored by a world class trader who, when he loses a friend to imprisonment, torture, and death from Putin s regime, goes all out slowly, deliberately to avenge his friend The trader is Bill Browder, the friend is Sergei Magnitsky, and the story is a true one This makes the bookcompelling than even the best fictional thriller Putin s lack of conscience is no act, yet Browder describes a president and a now secretary of state who naive...I was vaguely aware of this story as it related to Putin and his ban of U.S adoptions of Russian orphans back in 2012 but never really knew the details.The title does a very good job of breaking down the arc of the book with the first section concentrating on Browder, his schooling and how he ended up in Russia The most fascinating part was discovering that Browder s grandfather was the leader of the American Communist Party and ran for president on the communist ticket in 1936 and 1940 Both I was vaguely aware of this story as it related to Putin and his ban of U.S adoptions of Russian orphans back in 2012 but never really knew the details.The title does a very good job of breaking down the arc of the book with the first section concentrating on Browder, his schooling and how he ended up in Russia The most fascinating part was discovering that Browder s grandfather was the leader of the American Communist Party and ran for president on the communist ticket in 1936 and 1940 Both of his parents were academics and his older brother entered the PhD program in physics at the age of nineteen, Bill on the other hand, had little interest in academics and chose his boarding school based on his interest in skiing He continued to rebel while in boarding school...This book was a complete surprise to me I thought that perhaps it would be dry, orlikely over my head because I know so little about the world of finance Fortunately, my fears proved unfounded the book was very approachable and entertaining There are two parts to the author s story, both of which are equally involving but in different ways The first 150 pp or so outline how Browder developed his business in Russia and he details his stunning wins and losses in a disarmingly honest and This book was a complete surprise to me I thought that perhaps it would be dry, orlikely over my head because I know so little about the world of finance Fortunately, my fears proved unfounded the book was very approachable and entertaining There are two parts to the author s story, both of which are equally involving but in different ways The first 150 pp or so outline how Browder developed his business in Russia and ...Bill Browder has a fascinating tale to tell, of his family background as the grandson of a noted Communist, of his math whiz father and mother, of his physicist brother He was the black sheep of the family until he became a billionaire in his thirties by investing in undervalued Russian oil stocks His first foray into Russia, to advise the Murmansk Trawler Fleet on privatization, must go down in the annals as a classic of West meets...

Red Notice
  • English
  • 06 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 380 pages
  • 147675571X
  • Bill Browder
  • Red Notice