Russia Quotes by Bill Browder

The Russian government doesn't like me; Vladimir Putin doesn't like me.

— Bill Browder

“Russian stories never have happy endings.”

— Bill Browder

If I could do it all over again, I would have never gone to Russia.

— Bill Browder

Ever since Barack Obama had become president, the main policy of the U.S. government toward Russia had been one of appeasement.

— Bill Browder

Russia is an interesting place because they're extremely evil but they're not that good at implementing their evil.

— Bill Browder

George Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul in the first meeting he had in Slovenia. And then in the…

— Bill Browder

Interpol was set up to catch fugitives, not act like the long arm of Putin going after his enemies.

— Bill Browder

Getting rid of the Magnitsky Act is one of the top, if not the top, priorities of the Putin regime.

— Bill Browder

If you want to go after Putin, go after his money and if you want to go after his money go after…

— Bill Browder

Putin is a totally inscrutable guy. He gives nothing away. People interpreted what they wanted to see in him.

— Bill Browder

Well, I mean, Russia was responsible for shooting down MH17. Russia was responsible for invading Ukraine. Russia is responsible for taking away…

— Bill Browder

I'm not saying anyone should go to nuclear war with Russia. What we should do is contain them and show them that…

— Bill Browder

Vladimir Putin has to create foreign enemies, and he also has to justify... he has to claim... he can't acknowledge that there's…

— Bill Browder

The story started over a decade ago when I ran Hermitage Capital Management, the largest investment firm in Russia. I was very…

— Bill Browder

Sergei Magnitsky was an incredibly intelligent, principled and idealistic man who was this sort of positive face of the new Russia. He…

— Bill Browder

Vladimir Putin is infuriated by the Magnitsky case. Why is he infuriated by it? It's because he steals a lot of money…

— Bill Browder

Since 2012, Putin has made it perhaps his largest foreign policy priority to have the Magnitsky Act repealed. But none of his…

— Bill Browder

Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was far worse than many had thought. While working in…

— Bill Browder

The Magnitsky law has proven to be a powerful tool. While asset freezes and travel bans against corrupt officials may sound incidental,…

— Bill Browder

The big insight that I have, not so much from writing 'Red Notice' but from living as the main character of 'Red…

— Bill Browder

And most worryingly, it wouldn't surprise me if Putin ends up starting a major military conflict with the West at some point…

— Bill Browder

The main thing that I've learned since writing 'Red Notice' is not so much about Russia but about how many very legitimate…

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While most people in the world probably haven't heard my name, Vladimir Putin thinks about my name on a very regular basis.…

— Bill Browder

I know many businesspeople in Russia who have knowingly signed up to effectively compromise their values for their own profit motive to…

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We have Russia, on a serial basis, abusing Interpol... The moral of this story is that if a country wants to abuse…

— Bill Browder

Russia is really a sort of a nonentity when it comes to - the economy is the size of the state of…

— Bill Browder