Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath, by Bill Browder, 2022, Kindle Edition, Simon & Schuster 

When I started to read this book, I thought I wasn’t going to like it as I believed it would be a rehash of his previous book, Red Notice. It is based on the murder of his employee, Sergei Maginsky, in Moscow, but the book quickly took off into what happened after the publication of the first book. I have to admit that i was hooked. I read the book in a few days.

The book outlines the steps taken by the Russians to discredit Browder and actually charge him with the crimes committed by the Russians and individuals in their government. I was surprised and disappointed that so many Americans actually aided the Russians in their campaign to go after Browder and many of the individuals who helped Browder defend himself from their attacks.

There is a great deal of information implicating many Russians and Americans in their complicity. Browder lays out this information very succinctly and I believe it at this point. My question is why so many individuals bought into the Russian version of the facts and whether there is anything that might validate their accusations? I hope not.

The book is fast moving and doesn’t get too bogged down in the details (which are plentiful). The astonishing and sad thing is that the activities that Browder describes can actually be going on in this world of ours.