Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

if you didn’t get involved in anything controversial — politics, human rights, or anything to do with Chechnya — then you could get on with life and enjoy the fruits of the authoritarian regime

stolen companies to an obscure town in southern Russia called Novocherkassk. Sergei’s letter had obviously spooked them. He then wrote to the registration office in Novocherkassk, requesting the same information. While the officials there w

Fast-forward to 2008. Churchill’s observations about Russia were still correct, with one big proviso. Instead of the national interest guiding Russia’s actions, they were now guided by money, specifically the criminal acquisition of money by government officials.

tools they used were many and with no law enforcement to stop them, their imaginations ran wild. They engaged in asset stripping, dilutions, transfer pricing, and embezzlement, to name but a few of their tricks.