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Abu Ghraib, 359
adoption ban law, 357–62
Afghanistan, 356
Air France, 152
al-Assad, Bashar, 357
Alexeyeva, Lyudmila, 376
Alitalia, 243
American Chamber of Commerce, Moscow, 144, 145
American Communist Party, 12–14, 26
American Express, 59
Amnesty International, 292
Amsterdam, 371
Anichin, Alexei, 314
Animal House (film), 18
Anselmini, Jean-Pierre, 41
AP, 182
“The Armed Forces of Corporate Governance Abuse,” 144–45
Arthur Andersen, 51
Asea Brown Boveri, 92
Ashcroft, John, 306–7
Asian economic crisis (1997), 131–32
asset freezes and visa sanctions, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–29, 368, 373, 377
asset stripping, 144, 158–60, 165
Azerbaijan, 7
Bahamas, 70
Bangkok, 211
Bannister, Clive, 170
Barnevik, Percy, 92
Baucus, Max, 336
BBC, 50
Beck, Steven, 221, 274, 317, 364
Beijing, 211
Belarus, 279
Berezovsky, Boris, 91
Berlin Wall, fall of, 27, 29–30
billionaire psychology, 83
Blair, Tony, 186–89
Blokhin, Vasili Mikhailovich, 279–80
bonds, 132
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–38
Russian market, 132–38
bonuses, 47–48
Boston Consulting Group, 19, 24–25, 41, 155
Eastern European operations, 26–41
Bouzada, Ariel, 121
Brandeis University, 14
Brazil, 191
Brenton, Tony, 172–73, 174, 176, 178
Brezhnev, Leonid, 117
British Petroleum, 112, 113, 116, 125, 154
Brose, Chris, 307–9
Browder, Bill
anti-corruption campaigns against oligarchs, 115–30, 144–48, 154–69, 181, 192–93
banned from Russia, 11–13, 169, 170–89, 193
begins Hermitage Fund, 76, 77–86, 88, 95–103
birth of, 15
bodyguards of, 127
at Boston Consulting Group, 26–41, 155
British citizenship of, 10
Cardin List and, 298–309
childhood of, 15–17
communist background of, 12–14, 26, 27
congressional testimony on Magnitsky case, 302–5
at Davos, 88–93
death of Magnitsky and, 276–78, 280–88, 327, 372–73, 376
detained at Sheremetyevo Airport, 2–11, 169–70
Elena and, 3–11, 145–54, 161–64, 170, 174–75, 187, 192–96, 209, 225, 269–70, 276–77, 282, 299, 341, 350–51, 355, 367
as a father, 1, 3, 8, 114, 174–75, 206–9, 272, 299, 316, 341–42, 344, 374
Gazprom theft and investigation, 154–62, 192–93
Hermitage lawyers as targets, 237–53, 254–68, 360
Interpol Red Notice for, 367–70, 374
investigation into stolen companies, 201–35, 252–53, 271–72
Karpov’s libel suit against, 344–45, 374
loses Russian visa, 170–89, 193–96
Magnitsky Act and, 305–9, 327–39, 340–50
Magnitsky case, see Magnitsky case
at Maxwell Communications Corporation, 41–51
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–46
in Poland, 27–39
police raids on Hermitage offices, 196–200, 203, 208–10, 216, 228, 230
Putin and, 166–69, 175–77, 183–89, 236, 360–70, 375
Russian criminal cases against, 189, 190–200, 201–35, 236–53, 270–72, 323, 343–45, 360, 364–70
Russian raider attack, 213–27
Sabrina and, 84–86, 94–95, 102, 114, 117, 123, 134–37, 139–41, 174
at Salomon Brothers, 52–76, 77
Edmond Safra and, 72–76, 77–88, 93, 94, 98, 100–102, 112, 119–32, 138–39, 142
tax-rebate fraud and, 231–37, 252–53, 257, 264, 271–72, 288, 301, 316–26, 328
threats against, 273–74, 314, 351–54, 363–70, 375
trial on tax evasion in abstentia, 364–70
at University of Chicago, 19
at Whiteman School, 15–17
Browder, David, 1, 3, 8, 114, 117, 135–41, 174, 175, 208, 209, 272, 273, 299, 316, 344
as head of American Communist Party, 12–14, 26, 27
Browder, Elena, 3–11, 145–54, 161–64, 170, 174–75, 187, 192–96, 206–9, 225, 269–70, 276–77, 282, 299, 341, 350–51, 355, 367
Browder, Eva, 14–15, 16–17, 135
Browder, Jessica, 175, 176, 207, 208, 209, 341–42
Browder, Sabrina, 84–86, 94–95, 102, 114, 117, 123, 134–37, 139–41, 174
Browder, Thomas, 15
Browder List, The (Russian TV special), 365
Bruder, Jason, 332–33
Brussels, 376–80
Bryanskih, Victor, 159
Bukovsky, Vladimir, 350
Burkle, Ron, 80–81 and n, 82–84
Cape Town, South Africa, 114–15, 117
Capital Constellation Tower, 312
Russian transition to, 59–60, 87
Cardin, Ben, 263, 297, 335 and n, 338
Magnitsky case and, 298–309, 327–29, 341, 346, 353–55
Cardin List, 298–309
Caspian Sea, 226
Catholic Church, 364–65
cell phones, 48
Chaika, Yuri, 262
Chechnya, 288
Cheney, Dick, 306
Cherkasov, Ivan, 183–84, 196, 198, 201–27, 230–35, 252–53, 298
criminal case against, 201–27
Chicago, 9, 15, 17, 19, 24, 70
Chicago Tribune, 343
Chinese wall, 64
Chirikova, Evgenia, 329
Chubais, Anatoly, 91
Churchill, Winston, 228
Citibank, 209
Citigroup, 356
Clinton, Bill, 14
Clinton, Hillary, 297, 298, 333
Cold War, 356
Committee to Protect Journalists, 303
communism, 26, 92, 96, 97, 269
fall of, 2–3, 27, 29–30, 40, 59, 158, 291
Congress, US, 290, 302–9, 327–29
Magnitsky Act, 305–9, 327–39, 340–50
Magnitsky case and, 302–5, 327–55
Council of Europe, 261–62
Creditanstalt-Grant, 99
Credit Suisse, 208, 209, 319–26
C-SPAN, 348
Cullison, Alan, 148–49
Velvet Revolution, 27
Daily Mirror, 42
Davenport, Michael, 256–57
Delovoi Vtornik, 252
Department K, 203–5, 207, 227, 257, 258, 322
Depression, 12
derivatives, 66
Detroit, 28
Deutsche Bank, 199
DHL, 237–38
dilutive shares, 115–30, 144–45
Domodedovo Airport, 247–48
Dow Jones, 182
Drexel Burnham Lambert, 21, 52
Duncan, Terry, 197
Dvorkovich, Arkady, 177, 180, 195
Eastern Europe, 24, 26, 27, 41
BCG operations in, 26–41
fall of communism, 2–3, 27, 29–30, 40
MCC operations in, 45–46
privatizations, 36–37, 41, 53–54
Salomon operations in, 52–54
See also specific countries
Echo Moscow, 236
Economist, 69
Elista, 226
Elle magazine, 307
embezzlement, 144
Ernst & Young, 59
Estemirova, Natalia, 303
European Commission, 376
European Parliament, 377–80
Magnitsky resolution, 378–80
European Union (EU), 301
ExxonMobil, 154
fatalism, Russian, 298
Federal Border Service, 194, 195, 242
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission (FSEC), 127–29
Federation Council, 340–44
Financial Times, 2, 124–26, 129, 131, 138, 160, 181, 182, 203
Finn, Peter, 180–81
Firestone, Jamison, 197–200, 201, 213, 220, 222, 314, 315, 316–20
Firestone Duncan, 197–200, 202, 233, 237, 254, 258
Fleming, Robert, 78
Flemings, 78–79
Forbes, 2, 6, 80, 182, 340, 358
Formosus, Pope, 365
France, 73, 74, 131, 151–53, 187, 201, 208, 209, 312, 377
Freeland, Chrystia, 124–26, 363–64
front-running, 183–84
FSB, 175, 178, 194, 195, 204–5, 223, 260, 274, 279n, 317, 321–23, 341, 369
Department K, 203–5, 207, 227, 257, 258, 322
Fulton, Philip, 274
Fyodorov, Boris, 90–91
Ganapolsky, Matvei, 236
Gasanov, Oktai, 248–49
Gazprom, 154–62, 165, 181, 192–93
oligarch theft and investigation, 154–62, 192–93
stealing analysis, 155–60
G8 Summit (2006), 186, 187, 188, 203
General Electric, 92
Germany, 14
fall of Berlin Wall, 27, 29–30
Ghost Writer, The (movie), 299
Glover, Juleanna, 306–7, 332, 334–36, 353, 354
Golodets, Olga, 358
Great Britain, 1, 11, 52, 312, 314
Border Force, 368
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 171–72
government, 170–73, 186–89, 261
Magnitsky case and, 261
Greenacres, 80–82
Greene, Sylvia, 42
Gref, German, 175–78
Gregorian calendar, 117
Gremina, Elena, 347
Guantánamo, 359
GUM department store, 67 and n
Gusinsky, Vladimir, 91
Harvard Business School, 354
Harvard University, 20
endowment, 122
Heathrow Airport, 1, 95, 126, 238, 251, 252
hedge funds, 69, 70n. See also Hermitage Fund
Helsinki Commission, 263, 290, 295, 300–301
Hermans, Hans, 371–373
Hermitage Fund, 1, 76, 363, 375
anchor investors in, 77–88, 93, 94, 100–102
beginnings of, 76, 77–86, 88, 95–103
Browder banned from Russia and, 11–13, 169, 170–89, 193
Gazprom theft and investigation, 154–62, 192–93
investigation into stolen companies, 201–35, 252–53, 271–72
lawyers as targets, 237–53, 254–68, 360
MNPZ and, 98–100
money removed from Russia, 183–85, 196, 212, 215
Moscow offices, 96–103, 121, 196–200
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–46
operating procedures manual, 88, 94
police raids on, 196–200, 203, 208–10, 216, 228, 230
recovery, 166–67
redemption orders, 185–86, 190
run on the fund, 190
Russian criminal cases against, 189, 190–200, 201–35, 236–53, 270–72, 323, 343–45, 360, 364–70
Russian raider attack, 213–27
success of, 102–3, 131, 162, 166
tax evasion charges, 201–4, 210, 225–27
tax-rebate fraud and, 231–37, 252–53, 257, 264, 271–72, 288, 301, 316–26, 328
Hermitage Global, 191–92, 196, 216
“Hermitage Reveals Russian Police Fraud” (video), 271–72
Hersh, Ken, 22–23 and n
Hezbollah, 187
Holland, 371
Holtzman, Marc, 88–93, 95, 96, 192
Hong Kong, 211
Horwitz, Tony, 48
“The Bouncing Czech,” 48–49
House of Committee on Investigations, 290
House of Representatives, US, 13, 290, 302, 305, 346–50
House Un-American Activities Committee, 13
Republic National Bank taken over by, 138–39, 142
human rights abuses, 261, 271, 301, 303, 328, 350, 366–67, 373, 376
Cardin List and, 298–309
documentation of, 286, 294, 301, 331
global legislation, 330, 346, 353, 378–79
Katyn massacre, 279–80
Magnitsky Act and, 305–9, 313, 327–29, 340–50
Magnitsky case, see Magnitsky case
sanctions used against, 291–94, 299–309, 327–29, 368, 373, 377
in Vietnam, 306
Hungary, 53
Incheon Airport, 210
ING, 209
Intercommerz Bank, 233–34
Interior Ministry, 196–200, 220, 237, 249, 250, 254, 262, 270, 271, 283, 296, 327
cases against Hermitage, 189, 190–200, 201–35, 236–553, 270–72, 323, 343–45, 360, 364–70
Hermitage lawyers as targets of, 237–53, 254–68, 360
Internal Affairs Department, 220, 224, 314, 315
Magnitsky arrest and imprisonment, 254–78, 280–88
raids on Hermitage Fund, 196–200, 203, 208–10, 216, 228, 230
wealth of officials in, 311–26, 343
International Bar Association, 262
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 133, 365
Russian bond market bailout, 133–34
International Protection Centre, 303
Interpol Red Notices, 202, 270, 367–70
Ireland, George, 44–51
Italy, 135, 240, 243, 245, 312
IVS1, 260
Jackson-Vanik amendment, 334–39
Jagger, Bianca, 350
Soviet, 334
Jordan, Boris, 117–19, 123–26, 128, 219
Jordan, Nick, 117
Justice for Sergei (documentary), 371–73
Kaban, Elif, 181–82
Kameya, 198
Karoubi, Jean, 77–78, 191, 192, 374, 375
Karpov, Pavel, 203, 209, 216–19, 224–27, 233, 296, 301, 310–15, 319, 327
libel suit against Browder, 344–45, 374
YouTube video on, 313, 314–15, 322–23, 343
Kasparov, Garry, 329
Katyn massacre, 279–80
Katz, Eugene, 45
Kazakhstan, 7
Kazan, 214, 229, 230, 234, 238–43, 248
Kerry, John, 331
Magnitsky Act and, 331–39, 340
Khabarovsk, 247–50
Kharitonov, Dmitri, 256, 277, 281–82
Khayretdinov, Eduard, 209–27, 229–35, 237–53, 255, 259, 282, 367
leaves Russia, 251–53
Khlebnikov, Vyacheslav, 325
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 145, 167–69, 183
arrest and trial of, 167–69
Kiev, 258
Kirov, 311
Koifman, Sandy, 83–84, 88, 93, 142
Kommersant, 182
Korean Air, 213
Krasnoyarsk, 102
Krivoruchko, Aleksey, 267
Kuznetsov, Artem, 195–97, 209, 216, 217, 224–27, 230, 232–33, 259, 262, 296, 301, 310–15, 319
YouTube video on, 313–15, 322–23, 343
Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav, 159
Lake Como, 135–37
Latvia, 119
Lebanon, 187–88
Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Sabine, 261–62, 264
Levada polling agency, 101 and n
Liar’s Poker, 52
Lindquist, John, 25–30, 37, 40
Litvinenko, Alexander, 317, 351
Logunov, Oleg, 313
Loiko, Sergei, 360
London, 1, 9, 10, 25–27, 33, 38, 41, 78–79, 83–86, 95, 126, 170–82, 183, 201, 206–7, 216, 225, 237, 250, 251, 269, 322, 344, 364, 369
Boston Consulting Group in, 25, 26–27
courts, 374
human rights community, 350
Maxwell Communications Corporation in, 41–51
Metropolitan Police, 237–38
Salomon Brothers in, 52–63, 64–70
Los Angeles Times, 360
LOT Airlines, 30
Lukoil, 69, 105, 108, 111, 112
Lyne, Sir Roderic, 170, 186–87
Magnitsky, Natalia, 280–85, 331, 355, 376
Magnitsky, Natasha, 254–55, 285, 377, 378, 379
Magnitsky, Nikita, 254–55, 374, 377, 378, 379
Magnitsky, Stanislav, 254–55
Magnitsky, Sergei, 202, 209–15, 230–35, 252–53, 372
arrest of, 254–68
in court, 274–76
death of, 276–78, 280–88, 327, 343, 360, 366, 371–73, 376
deteriorating health of, 265–68, 269, 277
funeral of, 285
imprisonment and torture of, 258–68, 269–78, 280–88, 296, 304, 308, 331
prison diary and documentation, 278, 282, 286, 301, 331
refusal to leave Russia, 252–53
tax-rebate fraud and, 231–35, 237, 252–53, 257, 272, 288, 314, 328
trial on tax evasion in abstentia, 364–70
See also Magnitsky Act; Magnitsky case
Magnitsky Act, 305–9, 313, 327–29, 340–50, 358, 366
Congress and, 305–9, 327–29, 340–55
Malkin delegation and, 340–44
Putin’s response to, 356–62
vote and passage of, 343, 347–50, 354–55, 364
Magnitsky case, 255–380
arrest of Magnitsky, 254–68
Cardin List and, 298–99
Congress and, 305–9, 327–29, 340–55
death of Magnitsky, 276–78, 280–88, 327, 343, 360, 366, 371–73, 376
documented human rights abuses, 286, 301, 331
imprisonment and torture, 258–68, 269–78, 280–88, 296, 304, 308, 331
legacy of, 371–80
legislation, 305–9, 327–39, 340–50
media on, 263–64, 270–72, 283, 288, 301, 313–14, 330, 337, 343, 352, 359–60, 369
MPOC report on, 287
Perepilichnyy and, 318–26, 347–53
Putin and, 302, 328, 344, 356–62, 363–70, 373–74
state “investigation,” 285–88
state-sponsored cover-up and lying, 286–88, 292
Swiss bank accounts, 316–26
visa sanctions and asset freezes, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–39, 368, 373, 377
YouTube videos, 264–65, 271–72, 310–15, 321–26, 327, 343
Malaysia, 131
Malev, 53–54
Malkin, Vitaly, 340–44
Malkin delegation, 340–44
Markelov, Viktor, 214, 248–49, 310
Marseille, 208
Matrosskaya Tishina, 260–61, 265, 281, 285, 331
corporate fraud, 50–51
death of, 46–47
Maxwell Central and East European Partnership, 42
Maxwell Communications Corporation (MCC), 41–51, 52
bonuses, 47–48
Browder at, 41–51
Eastern European operations, 45–46
share price, 46–47
McCain, John, 306–9
Magnitsky Act and, 306–9, 327, 332, 335 and n, 341, 355
McCarthy, Joseph, 13
McGovern, Jim, 302–5, 308, 332, 341, 355
McKinsey, 19
on Browder’s banishment from Russia, 171–72, 180–82, 185, 187, 194
on Hermitage tax-rebate fraud, 236, 252, 271–72
on Magnitsky case, 263–64, 270–72, 283, 288, 301, 313–14, 330, 337, 343, 352, 359–60, 369
on oligarch corruption, 124–30, 160–61, 165
on Perepilichnyy’s death, 352
persecuted journalists in Russia, 303
Russian, 91, 182, 214, 236, 252, 264, 288, 301, 359, 365
on Russian adoption ban, 359–61
on Sidanco’s dilutive share issue, 124–30
Medvedev, Dmitri, 193–95, 263, 364n
Magnitsky case and, 262, 286–87
Mergers & Acquisitions Europe, 40, 41
Mikheeva, Ekaterina, 310–11
Mikheeva, Fyodor, 310–11
Miller, Alexey, 162
MNPZ, 98–100
Molokova, Elena. See Browder, Elena
Morgan Stanley, 19
Moscow, 1–11, 12, 59, 66–70, 84, 95–103, 104, 143, 163–65, 247, 254, 311
anti-Putin demonstrations, 361
bureaucracy, 158
Hermitage offices, 96–103, 121, 196–200
Interior Ministry, see Interior Ministry
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–46
Pushkin Square, 157–58
real estate, 311–15, 321, 324–26
taxis, 96
voucher privatization, 67–70, 105
Moscow Detention Center No. 5, 258
Moscow Oil Refinery. See MNPZ
Moscow Public Oversight Commission (MPOC) report, 287
Moscow Registration Chamber, 158
Moscow State University, 147, 258
Moscow Traffic Police, 4, 101, 312
Murmansk, 55–59
Murmansk Trawler Fleet, 55–59
Musacchio, Aldo, 354
National Medal of Science, 14
National Security Council, 180, 182, 341
natural gas. See oil and gas
Natural Gas Partners, 23n
Navalny, Alexei, 329
Nekhoteevka, 242
nepotism, 45
New Diorama Theatre, London, 350
New Times magazine, 313–14
New York, 62, 70, 77–78, 129, 269
New York Times, The, 131, 160, 182, 194, 236
Nizhny Novgorod, 247
NKVD, 279 and n
Norten, Richard, 237–38
Northern Distribution Network, blockade of, 356–57
Norway, 367–68
Novaya Gazeta, 288
Novocherkassk, 232
Novosibirsk, 287
NTV, 365
Nuremberg trials, 280
Nuskhinov, Dmitry, 226–27
Obama, Barack, 263, 293, 295, 301, 329, 330, 334, 356, 358
Oborne, Peter, 369
Occidental Petroleum, 156
oil and gas, 60, 104, 144, 191
barrels of oil (BOE), 156 and n
Gazprom theft and investigation, 154–62, 192–93
MNPZ, 98–100
oligarch corruption, 115–30, 154–62, 167–79
Russian, 60, 69, 98–101, 104–30, 143–44, 167–69
Sidanco, 104–30
See also specific companies
Ojuland, Kristiina, 379
oligarchs, Russian, 3–5, 87, 91, 104, 113–30, 134, 177, 221
Browder’s anti-corruption campaigns against, 115–30, 144–48, 154–69, 181, 192–93
corporate-governance abuse, 144–48, 165–69
corruption and theft, 115–30, 144–48, 154–69, 181, 192–93
1996 presidential elections and, 91–94, 101–3
1998 financial crisis and, 134–38, 144–46
Potanin, 104, 113, 115–30, 134–35
Wall Street and, 144
See also specific oligarchs
Olswang, 344–45
One Hour Eighteen Minutes (play), 347, 350
Oslo Airport, 367
Oslo Freedom Forum, 366–67
Ostrovsky, Arkady, 181
Pakistan, 356–57
Pan, Philip, 263–64
Magnitsky case and, 295–306, 327–39, 341–46, 353, 355
Pastukhov, Vladimir, 179, 216, 237–40, 273–74, 282, 286, 320–21, 349, 355, 367
flees Russia, 242–45
Patrushev, Nikolai, 175
Pavel Karpov v. William Browder, 344–45, 374
Pechegin, Andrei, 267
Perepilichnyy, Alexander, 318–26, 347–50
death of, 347–53
physics, 15
Pluton, 214
Autosan buses, 30–39
BCG operations in, 27–39
economy, 36
Katyn massacre, 279–80
Polanski, Roman, 299
Politkovskaya, Anna, 303
Potanin, Vladimir, 104, 113, 115–30, 134–35
Sidanco dilutive share issue, 115–30
preferred shares, 98–101
Preobrazhensky Cemetery, Moscow, 285
press. See media; specific publications
PricewaterhouseCoopers, 161
Princeton University, 13
Institute for Advanced Study, 13
privatizations, 36–37
in Eastern Europe, 36–37, 41, 53–54
in Russia, 54–63, 64–76, 87, 91–93, 98–101
Proclamation 7750, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–39
Prutkov, Yuri, 57–58
Pulkovo Airport, 56
Pussy Riot, 365
Putin, Vladimir, 162, 165–69, 175, 183, 193, 280, 356–70
adoption ban law, 357–62
becomes president, 165
Browder and, 166–69, 175–77, 183–89, 236, 363–70, 375
inner circle, 175–76
leadership style, 359–62
Magnitsky case and, 302, 328, 344, 356–62, 363–70, 373–74
response to Magnitsky Act, 356–62
radio, 236
Rassokhov, Rostislav, 224
Reagan, Ronald, 301
recessions, 131
1998 Asian crisis, 131–32
Reid, Harry, 353
Renaissance Capital, 117–20, 219, 220, 222
Republic National Bank, 72, 138
Rettman, Andrew, 375–76
Reuters, 46, 115, 116, 126, 128, 181–82, 185
Riyadh, 220
Robertson, Geoffrey, 378–79
Robertson, Julian, 70 and n
Romney, Mitt, 346
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 12, 14
Rostelecom, 69
Rozhetskin, Leonid, 118–20, 124
Russia (post-Soviet), 1–11, 156–57
adoption ban law, 357–62
Audit Chamber, 161
bond market, 132–38
Border Service, 194, 195, 242, 312
Browder banned from, 11–13, 169, 170–89, 193
Browder’s trial in abstentia, 364–70
business culture, 125
conspiracy theories, 166
corporate-governance abuse, 144–49, 165–69
fall of communism, 2–3, 59–60, 112, 158, 291
fatalism, 298
Foreign Ministry, 172–73
Gazprom theft and investigation, 154–62, 192–93
human rights atrocities, 279–80, 301, 328, 373, 376
IMF bailout, 133–34
independent thinkers penalized in, 6, 96–97, 163–65
Interior Ministry, see Interior Ministry
May holidays, 151
National Police Day, 327–28
1993 attempted coup, 197
1996 presidential elections, 87–93, 94–103
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–46
oil and gas, 60, 69, 98–101, 104–30, 143–44, 167–69
oligarchs, see oligarchs, Russian
orphans, 357–62
Parliament, 161, 340–44, 356, 357 and n, 358–60
persecuted journalists in, 303
police raids on Hermitage offices, 196–200, 203, 208–10, 216, 218, 230
Politburo, 156
press, 91, 182, 214, 236, 252, 264, 288, 301, 359, 365
privatizations in, 54–63, 64–76, 87, 91–93, 98–101
raider attacks, 213–27
Red Notice for Browder, 367–70, 374
response to Magnitsky Act, 356–62
roads, 243
Salomon operations in, 54–63, 64–76
shipping, 55–59
stocks, 3, 54–63, 64–76, 98–130, 133–38, 144–45, 183–85, 198
tax law, 201–4
tax-rebate fraud, 231–37, 252–53, 257, 264, 271–72, 288, 301, 316–26, 328
theft of government money, 231–37, 236–53, 257, 264, 271–72, 288, 296, 301, 311, 316–26, 328
transition to capitalism, 59–60, 87
Ukraine invaded by, 373
visa sanctions and asset freezes on corrupt officials, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–29, 368, 373, 377
voucher privatization, 59–60, 67–70, 105
wealth gap, 156–57
as WTO member, 333–34
Yeltsin’s economic reforms, 87, 91
Russian Central Bank, 233, 234
Russian General Prosecutor’s Office, 262, 285, 287, 314
Russian raider attack, 213–27
Russian State Investigative Committee, 220–26, 232–33, 252
Russian Untouchables videos, 310–15, 321–26, 343
Safra, Edmond, 72–76, 131, 138–39, 365
death of, 142
Hermitage Fund and, 72–76, 77–88, 93, 94, 98, 100–102, 112, 119–32, 138–39, 142
Saint Petersburg, 56, 186, 212, 213, 217, 223, 229
Salomon Brothers, 52–76, 79, 106, 225
London trading floor, 64–70
Samolov, Boris, 254
Sanok, 30–39
Saudi Arabia, 220
Sberbank, 165
Scandinavian Airlines, 367
Schmidt, Wolfgang, 27–31, 35, 38, 40
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 52, 176
Senate, US, 302, 305, 307, 330–39, 346, 354–55
Finance Committee, 336, 340, 344
Foreign Relations Committee, 290, 330–39
Magnitsky Act and, 327–39, 340
Severov, Dmitry, 106–7
Shanghai, 2
Sheremetyevo Airport, 2–10, 95, 169, 243–44
Sibneftegaz, 159
Sidanco, 104–30, 134–35, 219, 363
dilutive share issue, 115–30
FSEC investigation of, 127–29
Siemens, 92
Sikorsi, Leschek, 32–38
Silchenko, Oleg, 258–60, 265, 267, 275–76, 277, 283, 327–28
Siluyanov, Anton, 358
Smith, Simon, 170–72, 181, 182, 186–87, 256
Snob, 359
Sochi, 242
Sokolova, Ksenia, 359
Solent, David, 51
Soros, George, 70 and n, 92, 122
apartheid, 114
Soviet Union, 12, 24, 157, 253
fall of, 2–3, 59, 112, 158, 280, 334
Jews, 334
Katyn massacre, 279–80
See also Russia (post-Soviet)
Spain, 312
Stanford University, 2, 20–21, 106, 272, 376
State Department, US, 289
Magnitsky case and, 289–97, 302, 304, 329, 341
Proclamation 7750, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–39
stealing analysis, 155–60
steel, 60
Steinmetz, Beny, 71–76, 83–84, 138
Stepanov, Vladlen, 316, 319, 321–26
Swiss bank accounts, 316–26, 343
YouTube video on, 321–23, 325–36, 343
Stepanova, Olga, 316, 319, 321–26
Swiss bank accounts, 316–26, 343
as Tax Princess, 326
YouTube video on, 321–23, 325–26, 343
Stern, Carl, 24
stocks
Chinese wall and, 64
front-running, 183–84
Gazprom theft and investigation, 154–62
liquidity, 132
MNPZ, 98–100
1998 financial crisis and aftermath, 131–46
preferred shares, 98–101
Russian, 3, 54–63, 64–76, 98–130, 133–38, 144–45, 183–85, 198
share dilution, 115–30, 144–45
Sidanco, 104–30
tourist, 99
Stoppard, Tom, 350
Summer Olympics (1980), 3
Sunday Express, 314
Sunday Observer, 187
Sunday Telegraph, 2
Surgutneftegaz, 69
surveillance, 221–23, 241–42, 317–18
bank accounts and Magnitsky case, 316–26, 343
Syria, 357
Tarkosaleneftegaz, 156
Tatar Republic, 111
Tatneft, 111
Tatum, Paul, 126–27
tax-rebate fraud, 231–37, 252–53, 257, 264, 271–72, 288, 301, 316–26, 328
Swiss bank accounts and, 316–26, 343
Templeton, Sir John, 70 and n
Templeton Asset Management, 70n
“ten bagger,” 39
tennis, 163
Tiger Management Corp., 70n
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, 302
Toronto, 70
Trammell Crow, 21
transfer pricing, 144
Truman, Harry, 13
Tuesdays with Morrie, 149–50
Turner, Fred, 338
Tverskoi District Court, 365
UK Law Society, 262
Russian invasion of, 373
Unified Energy System (UES), 69, 165
United Arab Emirates, 191
Depression, 12
IMF bailout of Russian bond market and, 133–34
Magnitsky case and, 262–63, 269, 289–97, 298–309, 327–39, 340–55, 356
Russian adoption ban and, 357–62
World War II, 13
United Steelworkers, 23
Universal Savings Bank, 233–34
University of Chicago, 14, 15, 19
University of Colorado, Boulder, 18
Ural Mountains, 274
Vasiliev, Dmitry, 127–29
Velvet Revolution, 27
Vienna, 14
visa sanctions and asset freezes, 291, 293–94, 297, 298, 299–309, 327–39, 368, 373, 377
Vladivostok, 287
Volgograd, 225–26
von Pierer, Heinrich, 92
Voronezh, 246
Voronin, Victor, 257
voucher auctions, 68–69
voucher privatization, 59–60, 67–70, 105
Vyakhirev, Andrey, 159
Vyakhirev, Gennady, 159
Wall Street (film), 119
Wall Street Journal, 2, 48, 49, 126, 148, 160, 182
Washington, D.C., 263, 269, 289–97, 298–309, 327–39, 340–50
Washington Post, 160, 180, 263–64, 330
Welch, Jack, 92
Weyerhaeuser pension fund, 122
Whiteman School, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 15–17
Wicker, Roger, 327, 335 and n, 341
Winer, Jonathan, 289–91, 293, 295, 297
Wolosky, Lee, 147
World Economic Forum, Davos
in 1996, 88–93
in 2007, 191–95
in 2013, 363
World Trade Organization (WTO), 333
World War II, 13, 228, 279–80, 369
Year of Living Dangerously, The (film), 24
Yeltsin, Boris, 87
1996 presidential elections, 87–94, 97–98, 101–3
YouTube, 264, 310–15, 321–26, 327
Hermitage video, 264–65, 271–72, 310
Karpov video, 313, 314–15, 322–23, 343
Kuznetsov video, 313–15, 322–23, 343
Russian Untouchables videos, 310–15, 321–26, 343
Stepanova video, 321–23, 325–26, 343
Yucaipa, 81 and n
Yuganskneftegaz, 111
Yukos, 144, 145, 167, 183, 257
oligarch corruption, 167–69