5 Critics Of Vladimir Putin Who Died In Dubious Ways Vladamir Putin is known to the world for many things; most recently, though, he’s the Russian president who sent an army to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24. Benzinga · Jun 10, 2022
Trudy Rubin: Key to curbing Putin is shutting off his corrupt money and targeting oligarchs, Bill Browder says As Western leaders struggle to curb Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, there may be no one with keener insight into the Russian leader’s mindset than Bill Browder. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 29, 2022
Freezing Order by Bill Browder review – life as a target of Putin This incredible account of being framed by the Russian authorities – and the deadly fallout from fighting back – reads like a thriller The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022
Calls for US to issue visa bans for UK lawyers enabling Russian oligarchs Anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder says ‘whole class of British lawyers’ making money out of lawsuits against journalists, dissidents and whistleblowers The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2022
Anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder feared Trump would hand him over to Putin after Helsinki comments US-born British businessman behind the Magnitsky Act was horrified when Trump publicly entertained idea of handing him over to Russia The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022
Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very… The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022
Amid invasion of Ukraine, Australian government announces Magnitsky-style list to target corrupt Russians Ramping up sanctions on Russian individuals amid the nation's war on Ukraine, Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister announces a list that will see sanctions imposed on almost 40 Russians. ABC News · Mar 29, 2022
House bids farewell to Kimberley Kitching The prime minister and opposition leader have led House tributes to the late Labor senator Kimberley Kitching who recently died from a suspected heart attack. AAP · Mar 29, 2022
First Russians sanctioned under Magnitsky Australia has issued the first tranche of sanctions under its Magnitsky-style sanctions act which allows the targeting of individuals for human rights abuses. AAP · Mar 29, 2022
16 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways A number of high profile critics of Vladimir Putin have died in violent or mysterious circumstances. This includes Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London after drinking a laced cup of tea Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022
US Targets Russians over Ukraine Invasion, Human Rights Violations The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russian military leaders and people it accused of being connected to human rights violations while slapping fresh measures on Moscow's close ally Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. They were the latest sanctions imposed on Moscow since Russian forces invaded Ukraine nearly three weeks… Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2022
Ukraine: why the sanctions won't topple Putin Russia knows sanctions. In 2009, the death of Moscow anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in custody motivated Bill Browder, an entrepreneur who used to work in Russia and employ him, to lobby the US government to introduce sanctions against Russia. The Conversation · Mar 1, 2022
The US doesn't need to wait for an invasion to impose sanctions on Russia – it could invoke the Magnitsky Act now As Russian military forces have deployed at the Ukraine border, U.S. politicians have been weighing new sanctions to deter an invasion. The Conversation · Feb 18, 2022