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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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John Collingridge

Impose sanctions on refineries that buy Russian crude oil to end war, says Bill Browder

Kremlin critic Bill Browder
Kremlin critic Bill Browder has called for Europe to divert more than $200bn of Russian assets that were frozen in 2022 towards Ukraine’s defence. Photograph: Vickie Flores/EPA

Bill Browder’s fight against Vladimir Putin has seen him face threats, lawsuits, false accusations of murder and Interpol arrest warrants. A disinformation-laden film was even made about him.

But 16 years after the death of his friend and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky at the hands of Putin’s regime, Browder is unrelenting in his fight for justice. It is an endeavour that, by his estimation, has cost Putin and his cronies billions of dollars already, via asset freezes and sanctions. Hence the considerable risk to his safety.

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