My name is Bill Browder, I’m the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and the author of the New York Times bestseller - Red Notice. I am also Putin’s number one enemy. AMA - Politics

My name is Bill Browder, I’m the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and the author of the New York Times bestseller - Red Notice. I am also Putin’s number one enemy. AMA
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My name is Bill Browder, I’m the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and the author of the New York Times bestseller - Red Notice. I am also Putin’s number one enemy. AMA

Posted: 12 Sep 2018 07:05 AM PDT

William Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies.

In 2009 his Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was killed in a Moscow prison after uncovering and exposing a US $230 million fraud committed by Russian government officials. Because of their impunity in Russia, Browder has spent the last eight years conducting a global campaign to impose visa bans and asset freezes on individual human rights abusers, particularly those who played a role in Magnitsky's false arrest, torture and death.

The USA was the first to impose these sanctions with the passage of the 2012 "Magnitsky Act." A Global Magnitsky Bill, which broadens the scope of the US Magnitsky Act to human rights abusers around the world,was passed at the end of 2016. The UK passed a Magnitsky amendment in April 2017. Magnitsky legislation was passed in Estonia in December 2016, Canada in October 2017 and in Lithuania in November 2017. Similar legislation is being developed in Australia, France, Denmark, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden and Ukraine.

In February 2015 Browder published the New York Times bestseller, Red Notice, which recounts his experience in Russia and his ongoing fight for justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

PROOF: https://twitter.com/Billbrowder/status/1039549981873655808

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Rhode Island Primary Election

Posted: 12 Sep 2018 08:26 AM PDT

Elections are fast approaching as Rhode Island will hold its state primary elections today. A lot of attention is going to be focused on the governor's race as Democratic incumbent Gov. Gina Raimondo, whose approval ratings as of July 2018 sit at 44 percent, faces a challenge from the left before competing against the GOP in the general election.

For the primary, Raimondo is up against former Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown, who is running a progressive challenge. Meanwhile, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, former State Sen. Giovanni Feroce and State Representative Patricia Morgan will face off on the Republican side.

Senate District 30 bears watching as the state's Democratic Party endorsed Mark McKenney over incumbent State Sen. Jeanine Calkin. The winner will run unopposed in the general election as no Republican candidate qualified for the ballot.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse won his 2012 re-election bid with a 30-point margin after running unopposed in the Democratic primary. This year, Whitehouse faces Hopkinton native Patricia Fontes.

On the Republican side two candidates are on the ballot, Roque De La Fuente and Robert Flanders Jr., who previously served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

This isn't De La Fuente's first time running for U.S. Senate. He has run in California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming, and is running in six states this election cycle. De La Fuente's eligibility was put into question because he's a California resident, but the Rhode Island Board of Elections said he may run.

The First Congressional District sees incumbent four-term U.S. Rep. David Cicilline squaring off against Christopher Young. Young had previously run for U.S. Senate, Congress and mayor of Providence. On the Republican side, Patrick Donovan faces Frederick Wysocki.

Additionally, there are three questions on the ballot this year, all of which ask if voters will approve additional state spending. Those will not be voted on until November.

A bond issue allowing additional spending for school buildings is Question 1 for Rhode Island voters. The request is for $250 million in funds over five years with the caveat that no more than $100 million may be issued in a year. If approved, the authorized funds would go towards school housing aid and the School Building Authority Capital Fund.

Question 2, the Rhode Island Higher Education Facilities Bond Measure, asks voters to approve $70 million in additional spending for new facilities at two Rhode Island colleges. The bond would be divided as follows:

$45 million to the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus
$25 million to the Rhode Island College School of Education and Human Development

Question 3, the Rhode Island Environment, Recreation, and Water Infrastructure Bond Measure asks voters to approve $47.3 million of funding for various environmental, water and recreational projects.

Voting Information

Click here: https://vote.sos.ri.gov/ to find your local polling place.

Click here: https://vote.sos.ri.gov/ to check your voter registration.

Voting for most of Rhode Island starts at 7 a.m. with a few exceptions. Polls in Jamestown open at 8 a.m. while voting in Hopkinton, Little Compton, New Shoreham, and Westerly starts at 9 a.m. All of the state's polls close at 8 p.m.

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A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting

Posted: 12 Sep 2018 06:58 AM PDT