Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath chronicles author Bill Browder’s quest for justice in the aftermath of his friend Sergei Magnitsky’s murder for exposing a financial crime committed by a thoroughly corrupt Russian state. Browder and his team, at great peril to themselves, traced this and other crimes to the top of the Russian state, or Putin, and sought to pass laws in Magnitsky’s name to prevent access to such funds. Browder, who previously headed a hedge fund in Russia and holds an MBA, has the expertise to write this work of contemporary history and is a witness to events detailed in the book. Published in 2022, the book completes the story that Browder told in Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice (2015), which became a bestseller.

All quotations and references in this guide are from the 2022 Simon & Schuster hardback edition.

Summary

In the 1990s, Browder ran a highly successful hedge fund in Russia. Angry at the corruption and theft common in Russian businesses, Browder resorted to the international media to expose these crimes and thereby protect his investors.