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Magnitsky Act. If they had no overt political objective - it still launders blood money. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-te
by stevenwoo 9y ago
Magnitsky Act.
If they had no overt political objective - it still launders blood money.
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...
- malvosenior 9y agoThat has nothing to do with these investments. Milner is not even listed as affected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Individuals_affected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Individuals_affe... Government’s are neither all bad nor all good. You can cherry pick nasty incidents from any government throughout human history (including the US — of course). That doesn’t mean that every action they take is “evil”. On the grand scheme of things investing in startups is pretty progressive.