my guest today is bill browder, founder of hermitage capital, now o one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin. he has a new book, "freezing order: the true story of money laundering, murder and surviving vladimir putin's wrath." bill browder, thank you so much for joining us on washington post live. >> great to be here, thank you. >>re before we talk about your book, i want to, fest -- first, ask our viewers to join in our conversation. if you have questions for bill browder, please tweet them to us postlive, and we'l' try to select the questions that come in over the next half hour and put them to our guest. second, i want to ask you a focus -- to focus, before we we talk about your book, on the war in ukraine. i'd be interested in your sense of the battlefield right now as russia launches its second round. they failedoca in their effortso capture kyiv. how do you assess this next phase of the war that began this week? and he's been humiliated te first eight weeks of the war. everybody thought that well everyone thought in the first two days of the w

i'm david ignatius a columnist for the post my guest today is bill browder. who was the founder of hermitage capital one of the biggest investors in russia after the fall of communism. now one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin, mr. brighter has a new book freezing order the true story of money laundering murder and surviving vladimir putin's wrath bill bradder. thank you so much for joining us on washington post live. great to be here. thank you. before we talk about your book. i want to first ask our viewers to join in our conversation if you have questions for bill browder, please tweet them to us at post live and we'll try to select the questions that come in over the next half hour and and put them to our our guest second. i want to ask you to focus before we talk about your book on the war in in ukraine it be interested in your sense of the the battlefield right now as russia launches its second round they failed in their efforts to capture keith. how do you assess this next phase of the war that began this week? wel

i'm david ignatius a columnist for the post my guest today is bill browder. who was the founder of hermitage capital one of the biggest investors in russia after the fall of communism. now one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin, mr. brighter has a new book freezing order the true story of money laundering murder and surviving vladimir putin's wrath bill bradder. thank you so

trust within our own system. undermining trust within our own s stem. ., ., i'm joined now by bill browdernt fund specialised in russian markets. he isa he is a long—term campaigner against russian corruption who was deported from russia and accuse of being a threat to national security was up how much dirty money do you think it's still running to the uk, if it is possible to quantify? i it's still running to the uk, if it is possible to quantify? i would say that britain is _ is possible to quantify? i would say that britain is the _ is possible to quantify? i would say that britain is the dirty... _ is possible to quantify? i would say that britain is the dirty... the - that britain is the dirty... the russian dirty money capital of the world. this is the place where they have kept all their money. the reason they have kept their money here is because they were confident that nobody would ask any tough questions and for 22 years, since putin came to power, that has been the case. and i contributed evidence to this report that came out today and i am glad that the politicians are saying