Bill Browder interview on Putin, crime & Russian corruption | Unfiltered with James O’Brien #7

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Bill Browder is Vladimir Putin’s No. 1 enemy. Armed with a true life story cut straight from a bestselling thriller, listen as Bill grippingly recounts a tale which sees him placed on Interpol’s most-wanted list, expose crime, corruption and conspiracy at the highest levels of the Kremlin, and rededicate his life to find justice for his friend Sergei Magnitsky, killed at the hands of the Russian government. There’s also the small matter of a missing $230 million. Buckle in | JOE.co.uk

[@harrypalmer3481]

Excellent interview. The more I learn about Bill Browder the more impressive he gets. It seems it would be foolish to ignore his knowledge & insights on Russia (& 'Londongrad'!) & Putin now.

[@revbenf6870]

Amazing guy with an incredible story, I really worry for his safety, given his honesty.

[@karimtabrizi376]

I read this man's book-Red Notice it's a gripping and disturbing book on how rotten a country can become and Russia is now.

[@SulphurDew]

how did this comment age

[@-theparliament-sessions6215]

Bravo, Browder.

[@boing615]

Great in this day and age to see someone actually doing the right thing, fascinating and terrifying in equal measure....

[@rosk.wilburn5847]

His book in even better . 9th march 2022. He is a real life hero.

[@maryfrost6022]

Bill, I have only thanks for you and your ethics!

[@sent4dc]

Wow. Very nice interview. Thank you to Bill Browder! ... also I see that Russian trolls haven't discovered it yet.

[@browderhoax6734]

In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@karimtabrizi376]

@@browderhoax6734 yawn

[@egregs]

In light of recent events, this is more relevant and important to watch than ever.

[@jansaugo5680]

It is interesting to see the things Bill Browder says in a legally non-binding interview, as opposed to what Bill Browder says when he's subpoenaed by a court to make legally-binding statements. Search KZbin for "Bill Browder April 15, 2015 Deposition" for a ton of "I don't remember", "I don't recall", "I don't know" replies, showing him as a very unreliable witness.

[@browderhoax6734]

In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@egregs]

wow, this is absolutely fascinating.

[@robhansen6745]

THE TRUTH ABOUT RUSSIAN MENTALITY is a Doublethinker in its worst form !..Russians and Russia society is the fox in Aesop’s fable-the fox couldn’t reach the grapes he wanted, so he convinced himself the grapes were sour and he didn’t want them anyway. “It’s a psychological ploy,. They (The Russian populace ) can’t go through life know and thinking the truth thinking and admitting their evil deeds done in history even any facts that brings them down as it crushes their own fantasy about themselves and their idea of Russian delusional greatness, so they find a way to decide they are the victims .” (it is the west it is CIA it is Ukrainian fantasy Neo Nazis it is NATO it is the banker Jews it is Anti western Russian media propganda it is the USA that wants to dominate Russia ect ect ect ..) (The Fox & the Grapes www.read.gov/aesop/005.html ) The truth however is that Russian society and almost all of the kremlin leadership are extreme narcissists and they see themselves as superior in every way to other nations and humans of non Russian decent , and thats why when they see others nations evolve, achieve, prosper and succeed. who they consider inferior to themselves (“anyone non Russian and every other nation ) getting access to the “resource and influence ” (from EU and the West ) that they can’t attain themselves, then Russia and the Russians get angry and nasty like all psychotic nations and people do. The Russian inferiority complexes (that they will never admit to ) hits in on overlap speed.. And why do they act this way you ask -- Will they feel unjustly wronged and cheated by INFERIOR western nations , and think that those people and nations (like Ukraine and the Baltic’s and all other Eastern European nations ) are making a mistake by passing up the superior Russian way of life that is in their view obviously superior to the west and what the Kremlin has of offerings to those nations should be accepted and agreed to without question.. After all why will they say NO to superior Mother Russia, how dare they say NO to Russia's superior culture and good old hegemony control… And why are those (Eastern European Nation ) so cheeky and ungrateful that they dare say yes to some substandard and inferior western culture and democracy, those idiot nation that say NO to Russia don't know their own best interest, after all Mother Russia is superior - You can see this hurt little boy mentality of the Russian psyche and how it manifests itself on the internet in Russian Otherdox religious dogmatism and Russian nationalism,.. You will frequently find posts and read hatred of anything western (USA , EU , NATO , Ukraine , Baltic’ ect ect ) and it easy to find on blogs Russians outrage at the fact that Ukraine and other Eastern European Nations dose not want to have anything to do with the Russian world or the kremlins soveticus version of history (apparently the Russians never realizing the contradiction of those sentiments they make online ). Russians are often saying things like… One day USA and the West will realize our true strength and we will show them our true numbers, and we will overthrow this oppressive western values system. So the west will FEAR RUSSIAN GREATNESS AND POWER ” “If you listen to Russian TV and the Kremlin media the Russian world is in uprise and the revolution has already begun! You will hear things like… We will overthrow all the USA laky Ukrainian traitors in Kyiv (meaning any Ukrainian that does not follow the Moscow line and except Russian heganony of Ukraine ) and overthrow the evil fifth column and western democratic control of the world (UN) ! All hail the Supreme leadership of Russia Russia Vladimir Vladimirovitsj Putin .. Russians and the Russian nation/ government, push this anti western propaganda to compensate their own insecurities , frustration and anger, because their psychotic self-belief of Russian Greatness is NOT getting the validation they think they are rightfully due to them, as they feel overlooked in the world stage they feel their national uniqueness and superiority over others is unjustly overlooked and they believe they in-fact have it not being justly recognized as the cool kid in the playground -- Russians are now taking to the internet and it has become the Kremlins Russosphere, for angry disappointed soviet nostalgia Russians, that are thinking they are not getting their fare share of respect from the other boys and girls in the classroom of world geopolitics and for what they (the Kremlin / Russians ) see as their historical refuel place at the table of historical greatness of the world … Those Ex Soviets losers Russians (and their descendants ) have a massive chip on the shoulders and just can not come to terms with the fall of the USSR … The kremlins internet troll army are now teaming up online (all over the world) with expat Russians in the hope it will bring down the west (USA , EU, NATO ) and with all type of anti establishment nut jobs (in the west ) on both spectrum of the political fields, leftwing marxist and fare rights extremists groups are coming together with the Russians internet troll army of online warriors in their common goal of bringing down western democracy and the West, of course with each other pushing their own private agenda as my enemy's enemy is my friend when it suits my end goals . “One of the central beliefs of the disillusioned Russians are that the west and the UN have given the USA and EU to much power in the world stage , in int. politics, in the banking system -and it all needs to be destroyed; (this idea gets pushed online by kremlin propaganda news all the time) The vast majority of Russians in the Russosphere area are SOVIETICUS Russians that see god old words like glasnost og perestrojka as the evil idea of the west.. not only do they hate the west for the fall of the USSR (AS IT IS NEVER THIER OWN FAULT) ; they hate democracy and blame democratic values like freedom of speech , human rights ect ect for the fall and dismantled of the so called Russian world (Soviet Union ) and for almost anything else and for virtually everything and every problem Russia and Russians themselves have or ever has had and anything they don't like about their own loved Russias situation today.. (their problems is never the fault of their own making how can it be, they and Russia after all are superior to the west ) The typical Sovieticus Russian is a Doublethinker in its worst form... Doublethinking is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in some social contexts, like say ones nations history, beliefs, and Myths are true even if they contradict ect ect .. Let look at an exs.... The Russians know Stalin was evil and that evil is bad, also they know that KGB Putin is a potensial new Stalin but they still like, love, support and admire Stalin and KGB Putins evil acts... But at the same time do not see or even accept that supporting the act of evil men and their acts and lies is the same as supporting evil.. Another exs. Most if not all Russians, will agree (with everyone else) that support of evil man like Hitler is the same as supporting his evil acts.. like say supporting and / or trying to whitewash Hitlers acts of evil (holocaust Genocide) will be the same as supporting and whitewash evil .. But the typical Russian will not agree if you take out the word HOLOCAUST and put in the world HOLODOMOR and take out the name HITLER and put in STALIN into that same sentence above...And the Russians, know very well that Stalin was guilty of massive genocide just like Hitler ...... So acts of Stalin good and act of Hitler bad .. even if they are the same type of evil acts and the same type of crimes ... You see Russians are Doublethinkers in its worst form... Doublethinking is related to, but differs from, hypocrisy and neutrality. Also related is cognitive dissonance, in which contradictory beliefs cause conflict in one's mind. Doublethink is notable due to a lack of cognitive dissonance - thus the person is completely unaware of any conflict or contradiction. Russians clearly show the sovieticus mentality as they are doublethinkers it is a feature of Soviet-style totalitarianism, as reflected in this statement from a speech by Joseph Stalin: We are for the withering away of the state, and at the same time we stand for the strengthening of the dictatorship of the proletariat, which represents the most powerful and mighty of all forms of the state which have existed up to the present day. The highest development of the power of the state, with the object of preparing the conditions of the withering away of the state: that is the Marxist formula. Is it "contradictory"? Yes, it is "contradictory." But this contradiction is a living thing and wholly reflects the Marxist dialectic....

[@browderhoax6734]

@@robhansen6745 In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@antcycli6633]

Very informative and so relevant given current events.

[@Noosejunkie]

Fantastic interview

[@justshaun1794]

Wow. I’m watching again. I think I was in shock the first time round. It beggars belief.

[@browderhoax6734]

In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@karimtabrizi376]

@@browderhoax6734 kremlin bot aye right

[@sbartdbarcelona44]

Excellent

[@markfencingman]

Sergei Magnitsky and Bill Browder - true heroes

[@MindCrazedBanjo]

A pair of crooks. (alledgedly)

[@LK_Ireland]

Wow! Great story!

[@unskeptable]

Now it's time the oligarchs pay the price

[@Modern_Maid_Marion]

... and all the people who con, lie, steal and are corrupt in power, worldwide.

[@leedavis6000]

The best interview I've ever seen. Now we know who the dodgy commies are. Oligarchs in bed with the Tories.

[@JOE_co_uk]

Thanks Lee!

[@browderhoax6734]

In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@dirkdiggler1254]

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who stands close to Putin, once called him a "flawless democrat"

[@supersonique001]

I fear that Mr. Browder is a dead man walking despite his righteousness!

[@kevinhuynh2435]

The book was sort of slow until I got to Chapter 7 or 8, where it describes how Hermitage Capital started. Bill was looking for angel investors, but these banks were stuck up and didn't want to have anything to do with him. In the end, it came down to 2 men. Ronald Burckle, or Edmond Safra. He chose Edmond Safra in the end because he had asset management experience.

[@kevinquinn4593]

So Browder is Putin enemy number one? And he's such a great guy.

[@browderhoax6734]

In an effort to escape extradition to Russia, where Bill Browder expects imprisonment following his conviction of criminal tax evasion, Browder fabricated a narrative, which cynically takes advantage of Sergey Magnitsky's tragic death in prison, and which falsely presents Browder as a victim . Here's a summary of recent publications about Browder's hoax: 6e3de72d-1033-438d-aba0-f4a950debd27.filesusr.com/ugd/8ccd62_c1edab3bfb6b4eb9befc95f935071d86.pdf?index=true

[@leilagomulka5690]

♥️♥️♥️

[@jeffs3813]

What a story

[@JustArchiee]

Absolutely fantastic. What a guy.

[@williambergin6561]

Brilliant story and an inspirational man. His book 'Red Notice' is the best book I have read in the last 5 years. A must read!

[@citybb8525]

Gripping.

[@robhansen6745]

A growing number of Russian analysts, in Russia and abroad, have taken to calling Vladimir Putin's regime "fascist." And they don't use the term casually or as a form of opprobrium. They mean that Putin's Russia genuinely resembles Mussolini's Italy or Hitler's Germany. One of the most recent examples was Mikhail Iampolski. According to the Russian-born NYU professor, "the appeal of quasi-fascist discourse was predictable" as the Russian economy tanked. Moscow rejects "[a]nything that could be seen as a sign of weakness or femininity," including liberalism and homosexuality, and then projects these qualities onto the enemy. Consequently, "Ukrainians are systematically accused of fascism, while Russian fascism is displaced by a false idealization of one's own image." In March, Moscow commentator Yevgeni Ikhlov charged Putin with introducing a "left fascism" that, while "anti-market and quasi-collectivist," is "fascism because it is a form of a militant and most primitive philistinism." In January 2015, Andrei Zubov, fired from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations for opposing Putin's Ukraine policies, argued that Russia's President was building "a corporate state of a fascist type packaged in Soviet ideology, the ideology of Stalinism," resulting in a Russia that closely resembles Italian fascism with its "nationalism and union with the church." Moscow-based analyst Aleksei Shiropaiev claimed that Russia was moving toward fascism "at a galloping pace." Russian fascism "has become a FACT," "mass Russian consciousness remains absolutely imperialist and chauvinist," and most Russians have "ACCEPTED fascization and are ready to agree to even massive political repressions." But are the analysts right? The evidence is compelling. Fascist regimes have charismatic dictators with hyper-masculine personality cults. These regimes generally evince a hyper-nationalist ethos, a cult of violence, mass mobilization of youth, high levels of repression, powerful propaganda machines, and imperialist projects. Fascist regimes are hugely popular-usually because the charismatic leader appeals to broad sectors of the population. Putin and his Russia fit the bill perfectly. In calling Putin's Russia fascist, Russian critics have proven to be far bolder than their non-Russian counterparts in the West, who remain wary about the F-word. Some Westerners genuinely believe that Putin's brand of dictatorship differs from past fascist regimes. They often locate the differences in the historical conditions that gave rise to Hitler, Mussolini, and Putin, and not in the actual characteristics of their regimes. But doing so confuses the origins of similar things with their essential features. No one would say that America is not democratic because the origins of American democracy lay in revolution and not, as with Britain, in historical evolution. But many Westerners fear the implications of calling a spade a spade. If Putin's Russia is fascist, then it is comparable to Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy and, thus, certifiably evil. And that means that calls for understanding Putin amount to calls for understanding evil. So it's better to pretend that Russia isn't fascist. Hence the popularity of abstruse designations like managed democracy and sovereign democracy or terms-such as Putinism-that only state the obvious. A similar conceptual change is likely to take place with fascism. As the chorus of Russian voices using the F-word grows, Western policymakers who insist that we should listen to Putin and understand his point of view will have no choice but to listen to and understand his critics. Calling Putin's system fascist will mark a conceptual breakthrough in Western attitudes-and perhaps policies-toward Russia. Viewing his state as evil does not necessitate rattling sabers. Soft power and diplomacy will remain no less important than hard power. But the conceptual shift would recognize that Putin and his regime are the problem, and that the problem will go away only when he and his regime go away. In a word, there are no quick fixes to the Putin problem. The West is in for a long, hard slog involving economic and military support for Ukraine and its neighbors, the containment of Russian imperialism, and support for anti-fascist elements within Russia. The good news is that, now as then, democracy will win. According to the famous historian Norman Davies, fascism, like communism, Putinisem, Nazissem , fascist ect ect can be defined by the following features: * A pseudo-scientific conceptual basis (the believe of Russian 3rd Rom ) * A utopian goal (the Russiki Mir and Russians domains of a new Russian world ) * A structure of a party-state (the restructure of the USSR borders ) * An autocratic leadership that demands complete devotion (Putinisem ) * Pervasive use of terror to prevent and eradicate dissent (East Ukraine , Syra chechnya, Moldova , Georgia, ect ect ) * Extensive and complex bureaucracy ( Using tax office to take out compatision ) * State propaganda and censorship (RT-News ect ect ) * Martial culture and aesthetics of force (The state and Russian belief in Russian superiority of Russian historical culture) * Purposely induced fear of the ever-present external enemy (use state service like FSB, GRU to intimidate ) * Mentality of hate and intolerance (Anti othe ethnic grupes likeUkrainians, Muslims, Tatars , Kazakhstanis and others ect ect ) * Economic and mental collectivism (Putin has vast control over the gas and oil sectors and uses it as a political tool ) * Militarism (Rebuilding and promoting and using Military to attack and subdue the people like in the caucasus Chechnya ect ect ) * Messianism (Putin the half naked hours reading and bear wrestling superman is definitely believed by Russians to be a type of messiah, who acts as a savior, redeemer or liberator of a group of people. * Contempt for liberal democracy and values (Putins regime is anti LGBT anti democracy Anti free press Anti free exspresion of art just look at-PussyRiot-and- Anna Politkovskaya ect ect ) * Moral nihilism ( is the meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral take a look how Russia lies about invading other nations and killing civilians and support of terrorism, and then turn AROUND and say that it was to defend a grates good of Russia ) Clearly all of those are also characteristics of the Putin regime. Today in Russia, President Putin has the unquestionable control over Parliament, Government, courts, media and the most profitable sectors of the country's economy. So, we have every reason to declare that modern Russia is in fact, an authoritarian fascist state with the genuine fascist elements, most prominently - the oppressive nature, the militarization of society, strict control over the mass media and complete disregard to human life

[@jackyoung7097]

This is fascinating. This should be compulsory for everyone in the UK to watch.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

What a story!

[@bart_seavey]

7 Russians don't like this.

[@bigfreshdeal]

What about Browders dirty money stolen and transported from these poor Russians?

[@MindCrazedBanjo]

Shhh you're not suppose to mention that, it doesn't go down well with the anti Russian thing.

[@Gusto20000]

Poor russian oligarchs that killed so many people for that money, they were working so hard stealing the money from the government budget and natural resources

[@Korn1holio]

From all honest Russians, thanks you Biill for doing what you do. WE're helpess hostages in the hands of those thugs. Please don't stop your efforts to create consequences for these murderers and thieves.

[@adrianthorpe8005]

great story

[@charliegrrace]

Wow

[@alistairgibbons7342]

This is so good.... death of terrestrial tv

[@craigtomkinson2150]

Well done Bill take care keep annoying Putin 😅

[@MarsBorg]

Bill Browder is the quintessential Post-Soviet carpetbagger.

[@redicderldavis]

It doesn't get better than this. Bill Browder and James O''Brian. Everybody should watch this so as to understand what is being done to the people of Russia On LBC, Newsnight or here O''Brian s the best in the business. I listen to his LBC show and its obvious he is an incredibly kind and compassionate man. I am completely opposite politically to him but see his brilliance and learn a great deal. listen to his LBC show, weekdays 10am and you will see what I mean. Browder is the only person who has the courage to tell the truth of of what is going on in Russia. Menny thanks for posting.

[@thejokhadaar]

Oh my God how come i never heard about this , my hart goes to the wife and the 2 children left by Sergei Magnitsky who in an absolute naive way just went after 250 millions because of Bill Browder who couldn't accept defeat and to Bill Browder i say you should feel a shamed about your self for causing the death of an innocent man that you could have saved by going there and saying you want me here i am leave this poor guy alone and giving them the money they think you stole from them, but you choose the easy way which is the cowards way and Sergei Magnitsky choose the hard way the heroes way and it caused him his life.

[@bennoble3610]

Nice try Putin. Yeah don't blame the actual thugs who killed him. You think they would have just let either of them go if they confessed?

[@thejokhadaar]

Ben Noble your comment is the dumbest comment that i have read in 2018 , the one that killed him is here with no shame and his name is Bill Browder the thief by the way and if they had him they would have Sergei Magnitsky leave so go back to licking Bill Browder shoes.

[@bennoble3610]

I'm sorry comrade

[@thejokhadaar]

no worries Oligarch lover.

[@jeezy8360]

The Jokhadar this is a bot. Please ignore

[@NeoCynic1]

Go watch The Maginsky Act - Behind the Scenes to hear the real truth of Browders' "story"...I mean alibi.

[@lorddamianos1198]

the triator browder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@browderhoax6734]

Christmas in Russia is not celebrated on 25 December! Browder you are a liar!

[@TocTeplv]

I bet 10 bucks Putin does not know who is Browder

[@deaztec]

He called him by name once in a press conference.

[@AnkitSinghAnarchoAtheist]

He knows..

[@browderhoax6734]

So many lies in one interview...

[@jonhelmer8591]

Actually, this stuff is true! Why did you register a youtube name especially to troll Bil Browder?