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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder
4.26 AVERAGE
1.01k reviews for:
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder
4.26 AVERAGE
This was a riveting account of Browder's business dealings in Russia and how he became a target of Russian corruption and aggression. The threats and attacks Browder and his business partners (including his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, who was tortured and died in a Russian prison) have faced is truly astounding. I learned so much about how corruption supports authoritarianism and the importance of equal justice and the rule of law. I appreciate Browder's courageous work with the Magnitsky Act and supporting human rights and anti-authoritarianism worldwide.
This is a compelling story. Bill Browder went to Russia and invested huge sums of money on stocks that he concluded were deeply undervalued. Unfortunately, he did not consider that corruption merits discounts on value. He treated Russia as a place where business rights were protected, where the rule of law applies, where the courts and the government were not corrupt. Unfortunately for him and his friends, he crossed the wrong people, companies and money were stolen, and people were murdered. What _I_ find really interesting in this story is the political actions that Bill Browder started, with Congress punishing Russians by refusing travel visas for them. Browder considers that "justice". Sounds like "vengeance" to me, since the guilty parties have not been found guilty in any criminal trial. Also, this, to me, helps explain Russia's efforts to damage the UK and US (even more than Russia already wanted to damage its enemies). It gives one the sense of Russia as a country controlled by criminals. To me, this also seems like the kind of country Trump and his cronies truly wants America to be - where strong men manipulate and control the country, the courts, the economy. I recommend this book - rating it 4 stars because I think people will benefit by reading it. (If I expected to re-read it, I would rate it 5 stars...)
Riveting! I couldn’t put this down. All Americans should be concerned about Trump and how he empowers Putin. Trump’s own Kleptocracy. This book was also eye opening on the truths on how Washington works as well. I recommend this book to everyone who wants to know more about the American Russian relationship.
Fascinating. Tiny downside: I am not impressed by the money he talks about, and it's a little distracting how impressed he seemed to be. Maybe that's just part of the makeup of a hedge fund guy.
It is difficult to describe how fast-paced and terrifying this true story is. This is the tale of a rather cocky young man and grandson of Communist party presidential candidate-turned capitalist-turned Putin's Public Enemy #1. This is the arc of a man with moxie.
Browder starts Hermitage Capital in Russia once he sees the potential to exploit this marketplace and make a fortune. As he describes his education, career moves, and decisions he made to get there, the book starts to read like a brief how-to-succeed-in-business book before it quickly becomes a combination spy thriller and political drama. The reader would never know that by the end of the book this same man, who'd hired a lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky, would be called out publicly by Vladimir Putin to be extradited to Moscow.
Browder's story is riveting. He also happens to be a great writer.
Browder starts Hermitage Capital in Russia once he sees the potential to exploit this marketplace and make a fortune. As he describes his education, career moves, and decisions he made to get there, the book starts to read like a brief how-to-succeed-in-business book before it quickly becomes a combination spy thriller and political drama. The reader would never know that by the end of the book this same man, who'd hired a lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky, would be called out publicly by Vladimir Putin to be extradited to Moscow.
Browder's story is riveting. He also happens to be a great writer.
Browder chronicles his transformation from financier in Russia to activist, the major driving force behind the Magnitsky Act, the law that restricts those (initially from Russia) implicated in human rights abuses from traveling to the United States and from benefiting financially where the US is involved. Browder was clearly affected by what happened to him and ruminates over his own guilt in the matter, opining at one point that he would give up all the successful work he'd done in Russia to redeem those situations (I'm trying to dance around spoilers :-) ). A quick read and provides interesting insights into the current state of Russia, not too much different from the old Soviet Union, especially with an ex-KGB member at the helm (As The Who tells it, "Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss." I did have a little trouble with Browder's naivete. Considering the past of the Soviet Union, it seemed a bit cavalier to think being successful in Russia as a fund manager wouldn't be fraught with danger. But I am a bit prejudiced against those people who facilitate those who represent the most privileged in our society. Totally my issue. Still an interesting book.
3.5
Incredible story but the author is also really unlikeable.
Incredible story but the author is also really unlikeable.
A story about a young guy wanting to make a huge buck and name for himself but ending in a human rights vindication. Bill Browder is both arrogant and naive from start to finish of the story. But his passion is undeniable. Rather than focus on him, what he did and what he's doing, I believe it's more important to focus on the political climate of Russia. This is an expose of sorts on what Putin and his government is capable of. For all the progress we think Russia has made coming out of the Cold War, this story showcases that things appear to be exactly the same.
Anyone who thinks Putin is harmless should read this book.