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Hedge fund manager Bill Browder reveals extent of Russian corruption in new book 'Red Notice’

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

William (Bill) Browder, co-founder of hedge fund Hermitage Capital Management and once the largest international investor in Russia, lifts the lid on Kremlin corruption and describes how Putin and his regime will stop at nothing for the criminal acquisition of wealth, including murder in a devastating new book titled "Red Notice".

The book is released 3 February 2015 by Simon & Schuster. This is the first insider’s description of what really happens in Russia today.

"Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early candidate for any list of the year’s best books," says Norman Pearlstine in Fortune.

Described as "jaw-dropping" and "heart-in-your-throat page turner," 'Red Notice’ destroys every myth that Putin regime has created that it is any other than a mafia state.

"The cut and thrust, and the high stakes, make for a zesty tale... It’s a Hollywood ending, right down to the standing ovation given by more than 700 European members of Parliament after passing the legislation," writes William Grimes in the New York Times.

"Bill Browder writes the way he talks—which is always a good strategy," says Nick Cohen in Daily Beast.

"This was a terrific book. Part biography, history, and thriller it looks at the author's career in the world of investment and finance," says G.I Gurdjieff, on......................

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