Bill Browder - Vladimir Putin Wants Me Dead

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.