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If you haven't read Bill Browder's Red Notice, read it now. Wow. Wow. Just wow. YCombinator is in the Kremlin's pocket. Wow. I fully expect this to be downvoted

If you haven't read Bill Browder's Red Notice, read it now. Wow. Wow. Just wow. YCombinator is in the Kremlin's pocket. Wow. I fully expect this to be downvoted to oblivion. But wow. In essence, Putin used Browder's investigations of Gazprom and other oligarch-controlled Russian businesses (huge national orgs that were privatized after the collapse of the Soviet Union) to jail the richest man in Russia, effectively making all the oligarchs his bitches. Milner is investing oligarch money. These people will kill you (see: Sergei Magnitsky). How bad do you want Milner' money now? https://www.amazon.com/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice/dp/1476755744 https://www.amazon.com/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice/dp/...

dosgonlogs 9y ago
Putin bathes in milk and honey and wears track pants that cost thousands of dollars. He has been making Oligarchs his bitches for longer and on a much larger scale than Bill Browder was ever able to uncover, and as you see, "uncovering" it backfired spectacularly. Anyone who cares that could potentially do something about all this, won't.
akhilcacharya 9y ago
I was under the impression that Milner was above board BECAUSE he had ties to American companies. Crazy.
conistonwater 9y ago
To add to this, if you want something shorter to read, there is this prepared statement by Browder to the Senate Judiciary Committee: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-br... Also, being a prepared statement to a senate committee, it has more meat to it than the average news interview.
- creaghpatr 9y ago
  To be fair, Browder has his own patrons and political interests to represent, particularly in this situation.
  - wmeredith 9y ago
    Could you expand on this or provide sources that do?
    - killjoywashere 9y ago
      Reviewing that person's comments (all 3 days of them), looks like a Russian shill to me. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=creaghpatr https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=creaghpatr
  - killjoywashere 9y ago
    Who is Browder's patron? Answer: no one. The guy is independently wealthy, self-made, and has devoted his life to human rights following the imprisonment, torture, and murder of one of his lawyers, Sergei Magnitsky.
jgome 9y ago
Since we are at it, I suggest reading John Perkins's "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man": https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081 https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins... Also, any book on past and current colonialism (say, current actions of the US military in Africa). How do you like your illegitimately rich country?
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dosgonlogs 9y ago

Putin bathes in milk and honey and wears track pants that cost thousands of dollars. He has been making Oligarchs his bitches for longer and on a much larger scale than Bill Browder was ever able to uncover, and as you see, "uncovering" it backfired spectacularly. Anyone who cares that could potentially do something about all this, won't.

akhilcacharya 9y ago

I was under the impression that Milner was above board BECAUSE he had ties to American companies. Crazy.

conistonwater 9y ago

To add to this, if you want something shorter to read, there is this prepared statement by Browder to the Senate Judiciary Committee: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-br... Also, being a prepared statement to a senate committee, it has more meat to it than the average news interview.

creaghpatr 9y ago
To be fair, Browder has his own patrons and political interests to represent, particularly in this situation.
- wmeredith 9y ago
  Could you expand on this or provide sources that do?
  - killjoywashere 9y ago
    Reviewing that person's comments (all 3 days of them), looks like a Russian shill to me. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=creaghpatr https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=creaghpatr
- killjoywashere 9y ago
  Who is Browder's patron? Answer: no one. The guy is independently wealthy, self-made, and has devoted his life to human rights following the imprisonment, torture, and murder of one of his lawyers, Sergei Magnitsky.

jgome 9y ago

Since we are at it, I suggest reading John Perkins's "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man": https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081 https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins... Also, any book on past and current colonialism (say, current actions of the US military in Africa). How do you like your illegitimately rich country?

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