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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  What I liked about the article was Browder's clear presentation:

1.  I had an investment company that had over $4B in Russian investments.
2.  We were constantly getting ripped off by the corrupt oligarchs.
3.  Putin took power and helped crack down on corruption, which helped my company protects its investments.
4.  Putin figured if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, and told the oligarchs that if they cut him in for 50%, they could continue skimming from the state.
5.  Once Putin joined the ranks of the oligarchs, they kicked me out of the country, retitled all my investments under the name of a Russian criminal, and then issued hundreds of millions in bogus tax refunds.  
6.  I hired a young lawyer to expose the corruption.  He documented it extensively, but was arrested by the very people he was trying to expose, thrown into jail and tortured, and then died. 
7.  His blood is on my hands, so I have spent the last decade trying to hurt the oligarchs in the one place it counts---their pocketbooks.  The Magnitsky Act allows the United States to target oligarchs so they can't park their ill-gotten gains in western assets (like Trump condos . . . )
8. As Putin is now the richest of the oligarchs, the Magnitsky Act is most threatening to him and his fortune.  Also, if he can't adequately protect the oligarchs' ability to get their money into stable Western economies, then his value to his fellow thieves is substantially diminished.
9. A  group of Putin -backed Russians and [b]Armenians[/b], including the two that met with Don Jr., have undertaken numerous measures to try to get the Magnitsky Act repealed.[/quote]

Please tell us what Armenians have met with Don Jr. or "undertaken numerous measures". [/quote]

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