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sparkmannDear President Trump,
On July 16, you will have your first official summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. You will surely be advised by many wise people and also bring your own thoughts about how to deal with him. I’d like to offer a perspective that you probably aren’t getting anywhere else.
I have a lot of experience dealing with Putin. For the last 10 years, I’ve been his number one foreign enemy. My unenviable position started with the death of my lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in 2009 at the hands of the Russian state after he had uncovered a massive Russian government corruption scheme. It culminated with the Obama administration’s passage of the Magnitsky Act in 2012, which froze the assets and withheld the visas of people violating human rights in Russia. The work has been daunting.
Sergei hasn’t been the only victim of Putin’s regime. The way I see it, there’s quite the pattern: His regime murdered Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician who advocated for Sergei’s killers to be sanctioned by the West; I believe they murdered Alexander Perepilichnyy, a whistleblower who died suddenly in the United Kingdom after coming forward with financial details on the criminal group behind Sergei’s murder; they attempted to murder the Magnitsky family lawyer in Moscow when he was thrown off a four story building (thankfully he survived); and they also attempted to poison Vladimir Kara-Murza, Boris Nemtsov’s protégé, who traveled the West trying to secure Magnitsky sanctions against the Putin regime.
Everyone knows these aren’t the only murders, detentions, and disappearances ordered by the Russian leader, writes BILL BROWDER.
Based on all of this, there are a few things you need to know about Putin.
Read More ›››
I've Been Putin's Number One Foreign Enemy for a Decade. Here's What Trump Should Know About Handling Him | TIME
Putin values money far more than human life. I’ve discovered that the only way to touch Putin is by going after his money and the money of his cronies. I figured this out with Magnitsky sanctions. These have been enacted by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Baltic states. Since Putin and his officials kill people and steal money in Russia, and then keep that money in the West, Magnitsky sanctions put at risk his entire mafia-like operation.
↱time.com
On July 16, you will have your first official summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. You will surely be advised by many wise people and also bring your own thoughts about how to deal with him. I’d like to offer a perspective that you probably aren’t getting anywhere else.
I have a lot of experience dealing with Putin. For the last 10 years, I’ve been his number one foreign enemy. My unenviable position started with the death of my lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in 2009 at the hands of the Russian state after he had uncovered a massive Russian government corruption scheme. It culminated with the Obama administration’s passage of the Magnitsky Act in 2012, which froze the assets and withheld the visas of people violating human rights in Russia. The work has been daunting.
Sergei hasn’t been the only victim of Putin’s regime. The way I see it, there’s quite the pattern: His regime murdered Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician who advocated for Sergei’s killers to be sanctioned by the West; I believe they murdered Alexander Perepilichnyy, a whistleblower who died suddenly in the United Kingdom after coming forward with financial details on the criminal group behind Sergei’s murder; they attempted to murder the Magnitsky family lawyer in Moscow when he was thrown off a four story building (thankfully he survived); and they also attempted to poison Vladimir Kara-Murza, Boris Nemtsov’s protégé, who traveled the West trying to secure Magnitsky sanctions against the Putin regime.
Everyone knows these aren’t the only murders, detentions, and disappearances ordered by the Russian leader, writes BILL BROWDER.
Based on all of this, there are a few things you need to know about Putin.
Read More ›››
I've Been Putin's Number One Foreign Enemy for a Decade. Here's What Trump Should Know About Handling Him | TIME
Putin values money far more than human life. I’ve discovered that the only way to touch Putin is by going after his money and the money of his cronies. I figured this out with Magnitsky sanctions. These have been enacted by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Baltic states. Since Putin and his officials kill people and steal money in Russia, and then keep that money in the West, Magnitsky sanctions put at risk his entire mafia-like operation.
↱time.com