
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Stephen Sackur speaks to Bill Browder, the American investor who made a fortune in post-Soviet Russia before falling foul of Vladimir Putin. Browder has long campaigned for Russia’s economic isolation - his lobbying has been instrumental in the US passing the Magnitsky Act in 2012, which imposed targeted sanctions on Russian individuals directly connected to rights abuses. Thanks to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now facing further Western sanctions. But Putin’s war machine hasn't yet ground to a halt and he shows no sign of reversing course. Has Russia’s economic resilience been underestimated?
(Photo: Bill Browder in the Hardtalk studio)
By BBC World Service4.4
326326 ratings
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bill Browder, the American investor who made a fortune in post-Soviet Russia before falling foul of Vladimir Putin. Browder has long campaigned for Russia’s economic isolation - his lobbying has been instrumental in the US passing the Magnitsky Act in 2012, which imposed targeted sanctions on Russian individuals directly connected to rights abuses. Thanks to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now facing further Western sanctions. But Putin’s war machine hasn't yet ground to a halt and he shows no sign of reversing course. Has Russia’s economic resilience been underestimated?
(Photo: Bill Browder in the Hardtalk studio)

7,721 Listeners

365 Listeners

533 Listeners

1,046 Listeners

1,027 Listeners

289 Listeners

5,444 Listeners

1,806 Listeners

951 Listeners

586 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

1,071 Listeners

1,930 Listeners

767 Listeners

192 Listeners

734 Listeners

54 Listeners

841 Listeners

3,191 Listeners

1,626 Listeners

287 Listeners

26 Listeners