Economist March 26-31 2006 wrote:The sad fate of a loyal Putinista..
...Since Vladimir Putin became Russia's President, Mr Browder has been among his most vocal cheerleaders... For instance, Mr. Browder always maintained that Khodorkovski..had it coming....last November he was turned back from Russia when he landed in Moscow..
http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=658889
.Kommersant wrote:Hermitage Capital Management (HCM) CEO William Browder has been unable to enter Russia since November 2005, HCM officially said to public at large. The off-the-record ban on Browder’s arrival roots in clashes of the past fall, which were related to consolidation of Rosneft stocks. Russia’s authorities don’t comment on the issue, HCM has pledged to express its views in a closed letter to partners
http://www.eurasianhome.org/xml/t/opini ... ic=opinion
And he’s also one of the most vocal supporters of Putin in the international community. Every year, he’s practically the only representative of ‘Russia Inc.’ at Davos, holding his traditional breakfast seminar on why the foreign press have got it wrong and Russia is actually a safer, more civilized place under Putin. For the government to refuse him entry makes it look like, well, like the foreign press was right after all
Кто такои Mr Browder?
Отец - амер. коммунист.
For the past four months, William Browder has not been able to get back to Moscow, where he runs the $4 billion Hermitage Capital Management. Browder, according to The New York Times, is Russia's biggest foreign investor in its stock market, and his fund has surged 43% in his absence (he's been hanging out in London in the meantime). But why the wait for the visa to get him home? The Moscow Times reports, citing a letter from the Foreign Ministry, that Browder has been barred because he's viewed as a threat to national security, according to Russian law. The threat, it seems, is Browder's penchant for speaking out against corporate governance abuses, such as the state-owned Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz.
MSNBC wrote:Mr Browder, a US-born British citizen, had been one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Mr Putin's policies and of Russia as an investment destination. The Kremlin even reprinted copies of one of his presentations