“Freezing Order: A True Story of Cash Laundering, Homicide, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath“
How can I get you to learn this e-book?
I used to be hanging with a 17-year-old yesterday. He spends two hours a day on TikTok, an hour on Snapchat, and virtually by no means watches streaming tv. There are such a lot of diversions in the present day, how do you get somebody to take a seat down and skim a e-book?
It’s actually arduous. Someplace alongside the road studying received a nasty rep. In the event you learn you’re a nerd. However studying is the way you get probably the most correct, deepest understanding of the subject material. The community information, which just about nobody watches anymore anyway, wouldn’t even cowl the entrance web page of the New York Instances. There’s not that a lot there. However within the newspaper, in books, there’s a wealth of knowledge.
Then once more, too many have been advisable loser books. It is a drawback with music too. Folks advocate what they like, they don’t take into consideration what the individual they’re recommending the document to likes. It’s received to be simple, it’s received to chop like butter, it must be engaging.
That’s “Pink Discover.”
I wrote about it right here.
That was six years in the past. However what’s mentioned in “Pink Discover” has solely gotten worse.
To make a protracted story brief, Invoice Browder ran a hedge fund in Russia after which Russia mentioned it didn’t pay $230 million in taxes when in fact it had and the Russian authorities operatives stole it. Within the course of, the hedge fund’s lawyer misplaced his life and ever since Browder has been touring the world to attempt to get the Magnitsky Act handed (Magnitsky is the title of the deceased legal professional).
The Magnitsky Act denies entrance into the nation of human rights offenders and permits the federal government to freeze their belongings. You might need learn the opinion piece in yesterday’s “New York Instances”: “Don’t Freeze Russia’s Reserves. Liquidate Them.” On-line, the article is entitled: “$100 Billion. Russia’s Treasure within the U.S. Ought to Be Turned In opposition to Putin”: nyti.ms/383w3vu
That’s proper, Russian oligarchs have $100 billion parked within the U.S., and an awesome proportion of that’s Putin’s! You assume the seizing of belongings is a international challenge, the yachts within the Mediterranean. However proper right here we’ve received an issue, and virtually nobody appears to pay attention to it.
That’s what “Freezing Order” is about. It’s about Invoice Browder’s monitoring of the stolen $230 million and his effort to carry the offenders to account. Oh, it’s additionally about Putin’s mission to extradite Browder and put him in jail.
So “Freezing Order” begins off riveting, your eyes will bug out, however because it wears on it’s principally a cat and mouse sport, together with Browder’s feelings. Which means it’s not fairly nearly as good as “Pink Discover,” however the content material will blow your thoughts. It’s going to horrify you. It’s going to have you ever questioning your beliefs. You’ll ponder whether it may well occur right here. Though to an awesome diploma it already has.
Right here’s the underside line. Putin and his buddies have raped Russia financially. And so they don’t need anyone questioning their conduct. Putin is in mattress with the Russian Mafia. And should you get in the way in which of their efforts, normally you die. That’s proper, one witness after one other is killed. They fall off a constructing or are hit by a automobile. There isn’t a regulation in terms of Putin. Nothing he says is reliable. And he’s received a private vendetta in opposition to Browder, he instructed Trump that he’d change twelve Russian offenders for Invoice. And what did Trump say? “I feel that’s an unbelievable supply.” That’s a quote. Actually.
So Browder is freaking out. The President of the USA says he’ll commerce him to Putin for twelve Russians convicted within the U.S. in absentia.
And this brings up two points. Why does Putin have such a bug up his rear finish about Browder? Primarily, he needs the Magnitsky Act gone, he doesn’t need his abroad belongings frozen.
As for Trump? It seems he had no thought who Browder was, by no means thoughts throwing him to the wolves with out wanting on the info of the case.
That’s proper, Browder says one factor and Putin says one other. However once you learn this e-book you’ll notice NOTHING Putin says is reliable, NOTHING! I imply we’re used to the U.S., the place there’s a minimum of some accountability. There’s none in Russia. And all people’s working for Putin, regardless of what they are saying. The “impartial” lawyer who met with Trump, Jr? She was working for Putin.
However it’s even worse than what I’ve mentioned right here. A lot worse. It’s all in “Freezing Order,” however a small sliver of People will ever learn it.
Browder is continually below the gun, so he makes use of the media to get his message out. And it takes all day! As a result of to succeed in all people within the U.S., you’ve received to be on quite a few TV channels, and in print, and you continue to don’t attain most people. We stay in a Tower of Babel society the place too typically would possibly makes proper.
I imply you’ll be able to consider what Putin says. You possibly can take it at face worth. There are commentators and elected officers who do. But when they learn these books they’d change their minds immediately. INSTANTLY! Until they had been on the take. Yeah, that’s the way you get wealthy in politics, you’re taking the cash. Everyone is about taking the cash in the present day. Musicians are a number of the worst offenders. Nobody can say no, nobody can get up for what is correct. They’ll affiliate with a pariah for the perks. Oh, you’ll put me on the non-public jet and fly me to the island and… Then they personal you.
This man is twenty instances worse than you ever imagined.
So your homework tonight is to purchase “Pink Discover” and “Freezing Order” and skim them. I assure you the previous will rival any streaming drama, and it’s true! And the latter places the mind lifeless police procedurals on community TV of their place, i.e. the dumper.
These aren’t arduous reads. If it takes you greater than per week to learn each…you in all probability don’t know the way to learn. Your eyes will bug out, you’ll inform all people you recognize concerning the books and what they comprise. You’ll really feel educated, in a world the place these with no expertise, no firsthand data, bloviate, and it’s accepted as the reality.
Certain, it’s fairly horrifying watching the photographs from Ukraine. However it’s worthwhile to go to the supply, the person pulling the levers, and that’s Vladimir Putin. And Invoice Browder has extra expertise with Putin than simply about anyone. He’s been speaking, however not sufficient individuals are listening.
In the event you learn these books you’ll know extra about what’s taking place in Russia than not solely the folks in your neighborhood, however many on TV! All it’s important to do is learn them.
You possibly can obtain them to your digital system immediately! However too many Luddites insist books should be on paper. No, it’s data and it doesn’t matter the way you eat it, so long as you do.
These are a very powerful books in the marketplace now… READ THEM!
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