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Vladimir Putin will only 'escalate' Ukraine war, sees conflict as 'existential' for Russia, expert says
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Bill Browder, a financier who was expelled from Russia in 2005, says the rest of the world needs to join in sanctions to cut off Vladimir Putin's war machine.
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"But, of course, exposing corrupt oligarchs didn’t make me very popular in Russia," Browder writes in his new book, "Freezing Order." "And, in time, my actions led to a cascade of disastrous consequences."
Russian President Vladimir Putin blacklisted Browder in 2005, expelling him from Russia and sending his cronies to seize the assets of Browder's fund.