00:00 | Trailer
02:00 Brian’s thoughts on the episode
04:15 Brian’s introduction
05:19 Putin is one of the most cynical, evil, aggressive, sociopathic killer dictators on the planet
10:08 Hillary Clinton and the Russian reset button was a futile gesture of appeasement
11:19 Absolute power corrupts absolutely: how Putin has created absolute power in Russia
15:17 You cannot understand Russia with your mind: the Russian people’s supposed love for Putin
17:07 The money tells you everything and Putin likes money
23:23 Why Putin annexed Crimea, invaded Ukraine and is now in Syria
30:35 Donald Trump election connection to Bill Browder, Sergei Magnitsky, and the Magnitsky Act
36:51 USA political and ideological chaos created by Putin
39:56 Bill is primary number one target of Vladimir Putin
41:49 British Government did nothing after British citizen Alexander Litvinenko murdered in London
43:21 The killing and posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky and Bill’s conviction in absentia
51:28 Bill Browder’s family history and its connection with Russia, Communist party and McCarthyism
1:02:36 Bill’s first job leads to financial equivalent of crack cocaine
1:12:23 Enlightening account of time at Salomon Brothers with instruction to make 5 times his salary
1:30:43 Move to Russia, making money, then Russia devalued their currency
1:36:11 Bill’s life is changed forever when he discovers the Oligarchs
1:48:00 Arrest on entering Russia starts his worst nightmare and Sergei Magnitsky takes the rap
1:52;35 Sergei Magnitsky refused to talk despite 358 days of torture
1:58:18 They will make monuments to Sergei Magnitsky in Russia in a different era
1:58:42 Getting the Magnitsky Act passed in America and how it is a game changer across the world
2:02:21 Chilling reason for deliberately keeping himself in the public eye
2:04:11 Possibility of a film being made of Bill’s book Red Notice
2:04:52 Olympics doping scandal and the film Icarus depicting Grigory Rodchenkov’s involvement
2:08:11 How Bill stays focussed on his goal every day despite the dangers
2:09:38 What is Bill’s super power in getting things done
2:10:44 Does he worry about his friends and family
2:11:10 What scares Bill
2:11:53 What he thinks of Donald Trump
2:13:17 Worst and best days of Bill’s life
2:15:18 What keeps him awake at night
2:16:03 The most influential person in his life
2:16:15 Phone call to the 20-year old Bill Browder
2:17:24 Best advice he ever received
2:18:04 Advice to people listening to take from this episode
2:19:17 Brian’s summing up.
