Bill Browder: Follow the Money

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Bill Browder is a financier and political activist whose campaign to punish human rights abusers has made him some powerful enemies, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. In this conversation with Sally Warhaft, he’ll discuss his encounters with the Russian state.

In 2005, Browder was based in Moscow. His company was among the biggest foreign investors in Russia. But he exposed corruption in state-owned Russian companies and was deported – declared a ‘threat to national security’. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, subsequently uncovered a US $230 million tax fraud perpetrated by Russian government officials. Magnitsky was imprisoned without trial and tortured; he died in jail in 2009.

Since then, Browder has written a book, Red Notice, that tells his story, and has led the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign to convince governments around the world to impose targeted visa bans and asset freezes on human rights abusers and highly corrupt officials. The United States and Canada have both adopted versions of the Magnitsky Act, and Browder wants Australia to be next. 

He’ll discuss high finance, kleptocracy and justice.