by Olivia Ward, Toronto Star, 31 January 2015

Bill Browder was a Red Diaper baby whose grandfather was a leader of the American Communist Party. But when he rebelled by investing in Russia's capitalist revolution, he found himself in the black - both financially and personally.

On February 3^rd 2015, Bill Browder, CEO and founder of Hermitage Capital Management, launches an explosive book about Russia entitled “Red Notice: A true story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” (UK edition: “Red Notice, How I Became Putin's Number One Enemy” published on 5^th February.)

“Red Notice” will be published in 14 countries, but has so far been blocked by all major Russian publishers.

The former banker claims Vladimir Putin runs Russia like a crime syndicate. He should know: corrupt officials seized his assets and stole $230m. His lawyer was beaten to death in jail. And now sinister text messages warn he might be next

• Tycoon Bill Browder crossed Putin's henchmen after moving to Russia
• He escaped to London, but his colleague Sergei Magnitsky stayed behind 
• Magnitsky was arrested and held in hellish prisons on trumped-up charges
• But he refused to break, eventually falling seriously ill in a squalid cell
• Browder received a horrifying voicemail of his colleague being beaten
• Magnitsky died after eight riot guards beat him to death with rubber batons

Commentary by Bill Browder, Fortune Magazine

One thousand dollars invested in Russia today will be worth a lot less in five years.