From Investor to Exile: The Cost of Confronting Corruption

This chapter chronicles the dramatic journey of a fund manager who transitioned from a successful career to becoming a target of the corrupt Russian regime. It details encounters with the authorities following the exposure of systemic corruption, leading to deportation and the tragic story of Sergei Magnitsky, whose fate became a symbol of justice. Ultimately, the chapter illustrates the enactment of the Magnitsky Act as a response to human rights abuses and the fierce backlash it incited from Putin's government.