Bill Browder responds to Putin's remarks today:

[Leghorn21]

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Putin’s latest allegation that I donated $400 million to Hillary Clinton is so ludicrous and untrue that it falls into delusion. I’ve never made a political donation to Hillary Clinton or any other political candidate. It’s in the same category as other Russian government allegations against me: they accused me of being a serial killer; they accused me of being a CIA/MI6 agent determined to destroy the Russian government; and they accused me of somehow stealing $4.8 billion of IMF money back in the 1990s that was destined for the Russian Treasury. These guys have seriously lost their cool and are beginning to make mistakes.

The biggest mistake that Putin made in his offer today to effectively swap me for the 12 Russian agents is that he went to the wrong head of state. Although I was born in America, I emigrated to the United Kingdom 29 years ago and am a British citizen. If he really wants me, he better go talk to Theresa May, who might have a few choice words for him after Russian agents spread the military-grade nerve agent Novichok across the cathedral town of Salisbury, England.

https://amp.timeinc.net/time/5340545/bill-browder-vladimir-putin-magnitsky-act-donald-trump

All the rightwings believe Putin’s lie about Mr. Browder donating $400 million to HRC’s campaign - I mean, they just picked up that bullshit and RAN with it -

Good to see Mr. Browder is alive and well - he hasn’t tweeted all day, guess he was working on this most excellent article -

HANG TOUGH, GOOD SIR

[AlexSFCA]

1. Thanks God he is british citizen

he would be in danger here.

[Solly Mack]

2. Doesn't mean Trump wouldn't attempt to detain him if he is on US soil.

He'll need to stay out of the US while Trump is in the oval. Trump would try to detain him and then extradite him. Browder was tried and convicted in absentia in Russia.

[Cha]

3. WTHH!! I missed this story.

So just hearing about it now.. putin's as big a LIAR as trump.. you know they think they're Hot SHIT on the World stage Lying their fucking HEADS OFF.

Wow.. this guy Bill Browder.. with all his money the Russians are after him.. kind of scary for him and his loved ones.

Thank you for this, Leghorn

[Totally Tunsie]

4. For starters, Mr. Browder, you might want to re-assess

the name of your investment group. There's a certain irony with it being named Hermitage Capital Management, eh?

[link:http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/hermitage/|

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[leftofcool]

6. That is an art museum. As well, Pres Andrew Jackson's home is called Hermitage

Hermitage is also considered the dwelling of a hermit.

[Totally Tunsie]

7. Considering that Mr. Browder's investment group

at one time was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia, I hardly think the name Hermitage refers to a hermit in this instance. It is an art museum now, but from the 1760s onwards the Hermitage Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars.

My original comment stands: If Mr. Browder now wishes to distance himself from Putin and Russian connections, perhaps Hermitage Capital Management should consider renaming to something a little less...Russian.

[Hamlette]

5. His book, Red Line, is an excellent read. If you want to know about Putin and Russia, read it! nt

[Scurrilous]

8. K&R