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- A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Red Notice
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- Written by: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Jürgen Holdorf
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Goldgräberstimmung in Moskau nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion: Die Oligarchen sichern sich die Pfründe und machen ein Vermögen. Der Amerikaner Bill Browder nutzt die Gunst der Stunde und investiert in aufstrebende Unternehmen. Doch dann kommt er Putin in die Quere: Er wird erpresst, verfolgt, das Leben seiner Familie wird bedroht. In einem Rechtsstaat kann man sich dagegen wehren. Aber nicht in einem Russland, wo Willkür und Tyrannei herrschen.
Written by: Bill Browder
Publisher's Summary
November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds. Magnitsky's brutal killing has remained uninvestigated and unpunished to this day. His farcical posthumous show-trial brought Putin's regime to a new low in the eyes of the international community.
Red Notice is a searing expose of the wholesale whitewash by Russian authorities of Magnitsky's imprisonment and murder, slicing deep into the shadowy heart of the Kremlin to uncover its sordid truths. Bill Browder - the hedge fund manager who employed Magnitsky - takes us on his explosive journey from the heady world of finance in New York and London in the 1990s, through his battles with ruthless oligarchs in the turbulent landscape of post-Soviet Union Moscow, to his expulsion from Russia on Putin's orders. Browder's graphic portrait of the Russian government as a criminal enterprise wielding all the power of a sovereign state illuminates his personal transformation from financier to human rights activist, campaigning for justice for his late lawyer and friend.
With fraud, bribery, corruption, and torture exposed at every turn, Red Notice is a shocking but true political roller-coaster that plays out in the highest echelons of Western power.
Editorial Review
Murder, high finance, scandal and justice—Red Notice has it all. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder is a high-stakes tale of corruption and death as shocking as it is true. Browder himself was a hedge fund manager who got embroiled in the twisting and turning dealings of corrupt Russian Interior Ministry officials. In his retelling of the events, no bit of action or shocking betrayal is left out, and the story takes on a life of its own. Red Notice is at once a cautionary tale and an unabashed uncovering of the deep corruption within the Russian government. From bribery to heists, an art thief to large scale hedge funds, this story travels from New York to Moscow covering the murder of Sergei Magnitsky and all the crimes leading up to it. This story reveals the fraud, brutality and government-level conspiracy within Russia, and showcases Browder's own journey to become a political rights activist. This audiobook adaptation will have listeners on the edge of their seats, unable to press pause. Action-packed, shocking and alarming in its truth, Red Notice is a gripping tale of power and those that wield it. The audiobook is narrated by Adam Grupper, who has voiced a number of best-selling books on Audible. His dramatic reading and impressive accents only add to the story, helping listeners feel transported into a dark world of Russian corruption, power and deceit.
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- Unfluential
- 2017-11-15
Incredible story, well written and very engaging.
It's a true, shocking and an honest testimony. Many people have disappeared or been killed for saying less in Russia. This country that has left it's people living in opression following the fall of the communism empire and so few have spoken the cold hard truth out of fear for their lives and the lives of their families. Browder is a hero for bringing this story of greed, murder and corruption to light. A must read especially if you are from Russia or you are descendents of Russians.
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- Rickie Woods
- 2017-10-15
Do not miss this book.
I listened to this book almost straight through over two days. after listening to it, I now more clearly understand why Putin worked so hard to get Trump elected.
Excellent narrator.
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- Adil Rizvi
- 2018-01-11
Very intriguing story ...can't believe it's real.
A great and intriguing story. Incredible that it is all real! Loved it! Am still digesting some of the shocking details.
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- K
- 2022-06-18
incredible story and amazing performance
thrilling listen all the way through. searched narrator for other performances!!
you won't regret listening to this true story
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- 2022-05-13
Must Read or Listen
This story is unbelievable. I highly recommend it. The narrator does a brilliant job of delivering it.
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- Andre Bonneau
- 2022-04-23
Wow!
If this was fiction it would be outstanding. Howver, considering it is real makes it fascinating. I listened to this book during the Ukranian war, it makes me realise to what extent Poutin is a monster and will stop at nothing. He only cares about himself and nothing else. Puts his threats in complete different light. Gives me the creeps....
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- Krystal Cooke
- 2019-08-17
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Incredible story! Best book I’ve listened to all year. I think anyone who cares about democracy should read this.
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- J. Harrison
- 2023-09-06
Frightening global realities
This is a must read book for anyone wanting to protect and live in our democratic society.
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- Denis Carriere
- 2023-06-21
Russian Corruption
As I read your book I was gripped with what takes place in Russia to this day.
We can only think of our dear friends in the Ukraine that are fighting to keep Putin out. Your book has shown us why they are fighting so hard. How can man be so mean to man.
As one of Jehovahs Witnesses I fight for one government- Gods Government.
World Military Spending Surpasses $2 Trillion—What Does the Bible Say?World military spending reached a record high of 2.24 trillion dollars (U.S.) in 2022, largely in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to a report released in April 2023 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), during 2022:European military spending “rose by 13 per cent during the year, which was the largest annual increase in total European spending in the post-cold war era.”“Russia…increased its spending by an estimated 9.2 per cent to move from fifth to third largest spender in the world.”The United States remained the top military spender, “accounting for 39 per cent of world military spending.”“The continuous rise in global military expenditure in recent years is a sign that we are living in an increasingly insecure world,” said Dr. Nan Tian, coauthor of the SIPRI report.
The Bible foretold the rising tensions between global superpowers today and reveals the only hope for peace
Increased military conflict foretoldThe Bible calls the time we are living in the “time of the end.”—Daniel 8:19.The book of Daniel foretold that during that time, there would be competing world powers. These world powers would engage in a “pushing,” or struggle for dominance. That military struggle would involve spending vast “treasures,” or financial resources.—Daniel 11:40, 42, 43.To learn more about this intriguing Bible prophecy, watch the video Fulfilled Prophecy—Daniel Chapter
How true peace will be achievedThe Bible states that God will replace human governments. He “will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever.”—Daniel 2:44.Jehovah God will soon do what humans are incapable of doing—bring true and lasting peace. How? His heavenly Kingdom government will eliminate all weapons and end all violence.—Psalm 46:8, 9.To learn more about what God’s Kingdom will accomplish, read the article “Under God’s Kingdom ‘Peace Will Abound.’”a
Jehovah is the personal name of God.—Psalm 83:18.
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- Brad Mattson
- 2023-05-27
Holy f**k
I really did not understand or appreciate the current history of Russia and the oligarchy. I can’t help but wonder if Hillary Clinton and John Kerry are yet to be implicated, which is now why the US is funding the UKR-RUS war.
Also raises the involvement about Canada’s own corruption and that of the government’s current Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland. Her involvement in this story as a reporter and the WEF, and also being based in Russia.
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- William
- 2015-02-07
This is an absolute "YES" as your next read/listen
What made the experience of listening to Red Notice the most enjoyable?
I average an audio book per week but stayed up all night listening to this wonderful true story (I'm very glad it was a Friday night!). This story is an absolute must to anyone interested in great story telling, finance and the intrigue/corruption of the Russian government. The ending of the book is especially powerful and truly shows why human rights must come before money.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
In my case, I was fascinated by the honest reporting of an attempt by an American citizen to undertake a mission of change with our own Washington bureaucracy, and surprisingly, how well some of our politician’s did in addressing a serious human rights violation.
Even more so, this book explains in clear prose the importance of doing what is right regardless of personal cost. There is a profound human rights example, which this book will bring to light, showing why sanctions and in some case, extreme measures must be taken against some governments to protect their citizen's rights.
What does Adam Grupper bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Great Narration with excellent foreign dialog characterizations - very immersive.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Strong emotional components told with an honesty you don't find in many stories.
Any additional comments?
Well done
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- Michael J Canning
- 2015-02-28
Gutsy, chilling and important.
Browder paints a portrait of modern Russia through his own very personal story.
The first half of his book is interesting but drags ever so slightly. It recounts Browder's rise, at Solomon Brother and then as a fund manager focusing on the country in the aftermath of the fall of the USSR. It describes his dealing with the Oligarchs of that era, and ascension to become as the country's largest foreign portfolio investor by the late 1990s/early 2000s.
In its second half, the book pivots from international business biography to political and criminal intrigue. Here, in riveting terms, Browder recounts how in the late 2000s a cabal of shadowy apparatchiks from the Russian FSB and interior ministry, acting with the backing up the State, stole hundreds of millions by falsifying tax refunds fraudulently procured on behalf of one of his companies. It explains the methods employed and names to people responsible, and describes how he was blamed, intimidated, exiled him from the country, and ultimately shows how and why one of his attorneys, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered. By the end of the book, it is 2015 and Browder is living in Britain in very real fear for his life.
Taken at face value, Browder's story affirms the very worst fears about what the Russian state has become two decades after the collapse of communism. Taken at face value, in my opinion, Mr. Browder has every reason to be fearful for his life.
The best thing about the book is that Mr. Browder does not flinch in telling his story. He does not pull any punches. By directly addressing the Putin regime - by naming names, connecting the dots, detailing the tactics employed by the Russian state to obfuscate the truth and discredit its opponents, and showing the astonishing and cynical depth of the regime's contempt for the rule of law and international norms - Mr. Browder places himself alongside the likes of a very small group of gutsy writers (Anna Politkovskaya comes to mind) who have sought to pull back the curtain on the ugly truth of the New Russia.
The main reason I give the book 4-stars instead of 5-stars is that it is (through no fault of the author's) highly specific and personal, focused almost entirely around Mr. Browder and his experiences in Russia. It does not offer many new, concrete insights beyond those that Browder experienced personally. The result is many of the most intriguing and seemingly consequential mysteries from the New Russia - the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings; the 2003 jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky; the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the assasination of journalist Anna Politivsaya - are dealt with superficially if at all.
Nonetheless, Mr. Browder's story is by itself sufficiently remarkable to render this book a valuable contribution to the (conspicuously small) body of literature offering real insight into the modern Russian kleptocracy. Kudos to him for having the courage to tell his story, and the story of Sergei Magnitsky. Well worth the credit.
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- Dorothy
- 2015-03-12
Putin is a Monster
First of all - they were so smart to choose this reader. He is very perfect for this book. The story is completely hair raising in every particular. There is much we never hear about and I consider myself a true news junky. I encourage everyone to listen to this book all the way to the end and consider yourself a chink in the wall against Russian corruption. It sheds a whole new light on the situation in the Ukraine when you apply the same evil Putin/Russian logic to that disaster!
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- Mohamed
- 2015-02-15
Evil meets humanity at it's best.
This true story will keep emotions up and down. Every time you hear a glimpse of hope and a good news only to have your hopes dashed by a Russian oligarch. This book is amazingly well written and speaks true of Russia then and now. Bill Browder is a true champion for justice. What he accomplished for Sergei Magnitsky's family and justice loving people around the globe is by far nothing short of miracle. To Sergei Magnitsky's family, your son, father and husband did not die in vain thanks to Sergei himself and his friend Bill Browder. To Sergei, may you rest in peace.
This book met way above my expectation.
The narrator is very good and I love the Russian accent.
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- DS
- 2015-02-17
An Investment Banker with a moral compass
I wasn't expecting all that much from this book but I'm reading whatever I can find about Putin's Russia so I bought this.
I was blown away.
I think I was like most Americans since 9/11, I had put Russia on the back burner of my mind. Putin seemed weird but not any weirder than any of the Cold War leaders. After reading this book, and Flashpoints by George Friedman, I'm paying more attention to Russia, as, it seems, we all should.
The sociopathic Russian regime of Vladimir Putin should make us afraid. Very afraid.... and I'm not sure the current crop of Presidential candidates, from the right or the left, are ready to deal with what lies ahead. Let's hope our leaders are vigilant.
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- Lian
- 2015-07-31
True 5 star book
This book completed exceeded my expectation. The detail in which the author describes Sergei's story moved me to tears many times. His story deserves to be told by this book to everyone who has conscience. Thank you for sharing your story with me. I have learned a lot about human rights in Russia, and the system that is so corrupt criminals can roam free without consequences. A true 5 star.
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- Nostromo
- 2015-03-31
This Is Motion Picture Material
This book read like a great spy novel- except all of it is a true story and not fiction (as others have pointed out in their reviews). The story was riveting and I thought that Adam Grupper did an incredible job with the narration- especially with his English, French and Russian accent for all of the characters. Well worth the listen. I really believe that this should be made into a motion picture and hopefully some producer will purchase the rights to the book and proceed with the project. I would recommend that as you listen to the book think of who should be cast in the various roles in the story.
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- Neuron
- 2016-12-29
Money, corruption, power, politics and murder
This is the story about the investment banker Bill Browder whose grandfather was a famous communist in the United States. Bill decided that he wanted to become the most famous capitalist in Russia. He succeeded. We get to follow Bill from his childhood until the time when the book was written. In contrast to many other self biographies, this one rarely got boring.
Throughout the book I asked myself: Why does an investment banker, for whom a hundred million dollars is no big deal, write a book? The answer it turns out, at least in part, is that he, til this day, fears for his life. Browder must have assumed that Russia and Mr. Putin cares about justice and that the judicial system in Russia would protect him when he was wronged. A naive assumption it turned out. The book takes a radical turn when Bill, because he puts up a fight, has to escape from Russia. Several of his associates fares very badly and one even dies. Since then Browder has devoted himself to getting justice for his associates and he has been at least partly successful.
This is a nonfiction book that has it all. It is biographical. It uncovers the lifestyle of the world’s elite and how investment bankers make and spend money, as well as how they work with and against the world’s political leaders. It is also a crime novel, describing in detail a serious crime and the following detective work. The multifaceted nature of the book is both its strength and its weakness. It rarely gets boring but it can also lack focus.
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- Lee Barfield
- 2015-03-18
Putin's Thuggery
An incredible true story of Putin's corruption and brutal power plays including murder and robbery. Hard to put down. Excellent.
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- Jeffrey Stoddard and Kristiina Stoddard
- 2015-03-19
Powerful, inspiring and transformative
Excellent narrator, moving story, so well written. A remarkable book that is not one to miss. Thank you. Highly recommend.
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