The Killing of William Browder: Deconstructing Bill Browder's Dangerous Deception

by Alex Krainer

In 2015, former hedge fund manager Bill Browder published “Red Notice” - purportedly a true story about his experience in Russia between 1996 and 2005. Upon closer scrutiny however, his story doesn’t add up and demonstrably fails to stand up in a court of law. Nonetheless, on the dubious strength of that story, Browder has been able to lobby the U.S. Congress to pass the Magnitsky Act in 2012 which needlessly damaged the relations between the U.S. and Russia. Mark Twain warned us long ago about the “loud little handful,” shouting for war. Bill Browder has been one of the loudest and most effective among that loud little handful clamoring for a new Cold War with Russia. Where he failed in courts of law, his relentless campaign of demonization of Russia and Vladimir Putin succeeded in the court of public opinion in the West. As humanity finds itself on the precipice of yet another great war, we need bridges of mutual understanding and constructive engagement, not demonization. This book’s modest hope is to contribute to the construction of those bridges for I believe that the people of the United States and Russia, to whom this book is dedicated, hold the keys to the future of humanity.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

266 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2017

Reviews

[Maca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the other side of the story to Browder's Red Notice. Interesting details regarding the world of international economics, and history. Very enlightening. It's helpful to have read Browder's book first but not entirely necessary.

[Dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Every time I see comments posted on the internet about Browder or Magnetinsky, I tell them to read this book.

Wonderfully written, informative, and funny as hell!

[Dina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating. The story of corruption, looting of country (Russia), unimaginable amount of money stolen and laundered. Just fun!

[JoséMaría BlancoWhite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mandatory reading to know what is going on in the world today that is so relevant.

[Guido · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book on the looting by the West of Russia in the 90s, and how Putin put an end to that, and is hated because of it.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

I write this on the 1st day of Paul Manifort’s trial related to The Mueller Russiagate hysteria .
After I write here, I’m also writing a review on Amazon as requested.
I read this book in PDF format. Found it on the web in some social media forum.
Before I even read the book, I believed Browder was lying. I’d seen numerous videos of Putin’s speeches and the Megan Kelly interview and was impressed.
The big surprises I got from this book were the Civil War stories and the history behind educational foundations. I will save the PDF and make hard copies