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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · May 16

Very important event on Tuesday next week at the European Parliament to advocate for the confiscation of the $300 billion of frozen Russian reserves for the defence and reconstruction of Ukraine

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · May 9

If Trump’s ‘serious’ about ending the war, here’s how he can ruin Putin: Sir Bill Browder youtu.be/i0J1OZUNxD0

If Trump’s ‘serious’ about ending the war, here’s how he can ruin Putin: Sir Bill Browder

YouTube video by Times Radio

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 29

EU top court rules against Malta's golden passport scheme www.reuters.com/world/europe...

EU top court rules against Malta’s golden passport scheme

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Malta needs to end its golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to buy citizenship, as it is an infringement of EU law.

www.reuters.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 28

How a British citizen has been left ‘to die’ in a Dubai prison: I plead for justice for Ryan Cornelius who has been wrongfully detained in Dubai for more than 17 years in one of the most shocking cases of injustices I’ve ever seen.
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How a British citizen has been left ‘to die’ in a Dubai prison: Sir Bill Browder pleads for justice

YouTube video by Times Radio

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 26

Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military www.cbsnews.com/news/germany...

Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military facilities for sabotage

A German prosecutor says 2 German-Russian nationals were caught snooping around U.S. military facilities used to train Ukrainian forces.

www.cbsnews.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 24

Browder: U.S. wavering on Ukraine will force Europe to seize $200B of Russian assets | On The Record youtu.be/Yrf5VDiMVL8

Browder: U.S. wavering on Ukraine will force Europe to seize $200B of Russian assets | On The Record

YouTube video by TVP WORLD

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 24

‘A masterclass in bureaucratic obstruction’: how Monaco is allegedly protecting Russian criminals www.ftm.eu/articles/mon...

‘A masterclass in bureaucratic obstruction’: how Monaco is allegedly protecting Russian criminals

Russian businessmen who have been sanctioned in the EU and US for multimillion-dollar fraud may have laundered their money in Monaco “with impunity”. This is according to the campaigner Bill Browder, ...

www.ftm.eu

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 23

OPINION: Use it or lose it: Europe’s moment of truth to make Russia pay for its war tvpworld.com/86321121/opi...

OPINION: Europe’s moment of truth to make Russia pay for its war

The EU faces both a financial and moral disaster if frozen assets are returned to Russia.

tvpworld.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 16

Russia Asks to Buy Boeing Jets With Frozen Assets in US Talks. It would be absolutely outrageous if the US agrees to this instead of handing over the Russian assets for compensation to Ukraine. I seriously hope this isn’t even being considered.

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Russia Asks to Buy Boeing Jets With Frozen Assets in US Talks

Russia has asked the US to let it buy Boeing Co. aircraft using money from billions of dollars in frozen state assets once there’s a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a person in Moscow familiar with...

www.bloomberg.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 15

Trump removes Orban aide Rogan from Global Magnitsky sanctions list, Treasury Dept website shows www.reuters.com/world/us-rem...

US removes Orban aide Rogan from sanctions list, Treasury Dept website shows

The U.S. Treasury Department has removed sanctions imposed on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's aide Antal Rogan, according to a notice posted to the Treasury Department's website on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 4

Pro-Putin Soprano Anna Netrebko Returns to London’s Royal Opera House.
Controversial Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, known for backing Putin and the “LPR/DPR,” will return to London’s Royal Opera House in September after a six-year absence. www.kyivpost.com/post/50065

Pro-Putin Soprano Anna Netrebko Returns to London’s Royal Opera House

Controversial Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, known for backing Putin and the “LPR/DPR,” will return to London’s Royal Opera House in September after a six-year absence.

www.kyivpost.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 3

DHS Denies Parole to Harvard Scientist From Russia Kseniia Petrova, Citing Threat to US Security. She is a scientist studying frog DNA to prolong longevity for goodness sake. This is kafkaesque in the extreme.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Administration Denies Parole to Harvard Scientist From Russia, Citing Threat to US Security

The Trump administration denied parole to a Russian scientist working at Harvard University, saying she is a threat to US security.

www.bloomberg.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Apr 1

Russia placed on UK Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. This means that anyone working on behalf of the Russian government in the UK and not declaring it is subject to criminal sanctions. Russia is only the second country under this type of scrutiny
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Russia to be placed on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

The Russian state will be specified under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, as regulations laid in Parliament for implementation.

www.gov.uk

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 31

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says. Couldn’t have happened soon enough
www.politico.eu/article/germ...

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says

Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary.

www.politico.eu

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 30

Silencing Dissent: U.S. Moves To Deport Kremlin Critic Kseniia Petrova www.forbes.com/sites/andyjs...

Silencing Dissent: U.S. Moves To Deport Kremlin Critic Kseniia Petrova

This incident underscores a troubling trend: the weaponization of immigration laws to silence dissent and appease authoritarian regimes.

www.forbes.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 28

She opted to return to France, but when she told a CBP officer who questioned her that she feared political persecution if she returned to Russia, the agency decided to detain her instead, according to one of the petitions filed by her lawyer.”

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 28

Interesting detail on the arrest of Russian scientist at Logan airport Kseniia Petrova from reporting by the Harvard Crimson.

“She was initially given a choice after being stopped by CBP: return to France and reapply for a visa, or be deported and barred from entering the U.S. for five years.

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 28

Russian Harvard Medical School Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation.

More details on the Kseniia Petrova detention story from the Harvard Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Russian HMS Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her research visa was revoked last month for inadverten...

www.thecrimson.com

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Saddletramp🇪🇺 @saddletramp.bsky.social · Mar 17

@billbrowder.bsky.social
You may be faintly aware of Bill Browder. You may have heard the name Sergei Magnitsky. This book, Red Notice by Bill Browder explains the link between the two and exposes the brutal death of Magnitsky in a Russian prison. Read it. It is just too important not to.

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 15

‘I don’t think Putin will agree to ceasefire’ says Sir Bill Browder www.channel4.com/news/i-dont-...

‘I don’t think Putin will agree to ceasefire’ says Sir Bill Browder

We speak to Sir Bill Browder who was one of the largest foreign investors in Russia, until he fell foul of Russian authorities.

www.channel4.com

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 14

Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia inews.co.uk/news/world/m...

Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia

Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia

inews.co.uk

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Stephanie Baker @stephanie-baker.bsky.social · Mar 11

Please join me and @billbrowder.bsky.social and Jason Pack at the Frontline Club in London on March 21 for a panel on Ukraine-Russia now that Trump is cosying up to Putin - we'll be talking about sanctions and the future of Russia's $300 billion in frozen assets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Panel discussion: Bill Browder on an Emboldened Putin and Isolated Ukraine

In partnership with The Disorder Podcast

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 10

ECB resistance wavers as pressure mounts to seize Russian assets www.politico.eu/article/gove...

ECB resistance wavers as pressure mounts to seize Russian assets

ECB President Christine Lagarde has reiterated the central bank’s cautious stance, but opposition is growing at the Russian frontier.

www.politico.eu

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Bill Browder @billbrowder.bsky.social · Mar 7

Very sad to lose my uncle and namesake, Bill Browder, who was influential and inspiring figure in the field of mathematics at the age of 91. Beautiful obituary about an amazing man.
www.princeton.edu/news/2025/03...

Bill Browder, influential and inspiring figure in mathematics, dies at 91

William “Bill” Browder, an emeritus professor of mathematics, died in early February at the age of 91.

www.princeton.edu

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