Bill Browder: Russians Are 'Effectively Hostages To Vladimir Putin' As Sanctions Take Effect

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William Browder is the man behind the Magnitsky Act, which led to the first set of serious sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs for their human rights abuses. Sanctions have now been imposed against a wide swath of Russian elites and state-run businesses, destroying the Russian economy. And that economic pain has trickled down to average Russian citizens. “They are all effectively hostages to Vladimir Putin,” says Browder. But as Vladimir Putin continues his unprovoked war against Russia, Browder thinks more needs to be done. “It’s unfortunate that Russian people have to suffer but Ukrainian people are dying right now and we have to do everything that we possibly can to put pressure on Putin.”

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1. In Putin's Russia, sanctions impose on you

Thanks to Putin and his runaway criminality.

May they coup him soon - for the sake of Russians themselves, as well as Ukrainians.

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3. Yup, as if life wasn't tough enough for the Russian people as it was

But they know very well what happens to anyone who crosses Putin.

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4. Here's hoping they can have decent governance someday soon

And while ordinarily I'd be opposed to a coup even in Russia - it's clear that no institutional improvement is likely to happen there without one.

A veritable Russian tragedy - as bad or worse than anything from Dostoyevsky.

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2. Closing McDonald's looks like a tragedy and the loss of freedom means nothing

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