Despite pleas from Bill, Sergei carried on his investigations which, inevitably, caught up with him. In the face of unbelievable adversity, he decided to stay in the motherland and carry on the fight from ground zero. One by one our team leave the Russian cities, seeking international safe havens. We learn that Bill, along with many of his associates are being targeted by the corrupt Russian elite, having not enjoyed the exposé they received. The final third of the book is dedicated to the final days of Sergei Magnitsky. This ability to put you in his shoes and make you feel what he felt is used to illicit all the emotions on the spectrum, and unfortunately this also includes sadness. I also personally felt a shiver run down my spine the first time we are with Bill as he, unexpectedly, tells a corrupt Russian businessman that he’s going to fight back. This is so effective that you feel the same moments of “eureka!” with Bill at the brilliant, albeit sometimes lucky moments he finds success across Russia. It was awe-inspiring just how much he managed to paint a picture, whether that was describing the exact body language of a billionaire in a meeting room, to the adrenaline he felt staring down corrupt oligarchs.
The elegance in Bill’s storytelling is his focus on detail. A lawyer, employee and above all, friend of Bill’s whose bravery and pursuit of justice is breathtakingly told in a heart wrenching fable, one that does not leave you once you have finished the final page.
The tragic hero of this story is Sergei Magnitsky.
Bill, being the very humble narrator of the story, would be the first to admit however that this tale is not really about him. Our journey starts in his humble beginnings as a junior management consultant, following through to his stature as a powerhouse in the world of Eastern European finance. Red notice is the tale of Bill Browder, a rambunctious American fund manager born into a communist academic family (his life was bound to have tension). One would probably need to stop and remind themselves that this story really happened when reading this book.
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