Bill Browder Archives

Civil servant accused of selling house to Russian crime figure

George PsyllidesJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019

By George PsyllidesJuly 31, 2019July 31, 201902991

Anti-corruption activist Bill Browder is accusing Cypriot authorities of enabling money laundering through the island’s property market by a Russian organised crime figure, Politico reported...

Cyprus

Cyprus suspends cooperation with Russia in Browder case

Jean ChristouOctober 10, 2018

By Jean ChristouOctober 10, 20180152

Cyprus has again suspended cooperation with Russia, which has been seeking assistance from the government in Moscow’s alleged case of tax evasion against Hermitage...

Cyprus

CoE: Cyprus branded reluctant in probing Russian organised crime

Stelios OrphanidesSeptember 11, 2018September 13, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesSeptember 11, 2018September 13, 2018065

The committee of legal affairs and human rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday criticising Cyprus for being reluctant to...

Cyprus

Justice ministry takes a step back on Browder case

Stelios OrphanidesAugust 22, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesAugust 22, 2018049

By Stelios Orphanides A day after the justice ministry announced its decision to resume cooperation with Russia in the case against Bill Browder, it said...

Cyprus

Nicosia resumes cooperation with Moscow over Browder

Stelios OrphanidesAugust 21, 2018August 21, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesAugust 21, 2018August 21, 2018056

Cyprus will resume cooperating with Russia in its probe against Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder and his associate Ivan Cherkasov after a court dismissed their...

Cyprus

Court says Cyprus can help Russia in Browder case (Update 2)

Stelios OrphanidesAugust 3, 2018August 3, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesAugust 3, 2018August 3, 2018050

The Nicosia district court on Friday denied a request by Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder for an order banning Cypriot authorities from cooperating with Russia in a probe...

Russia

Kremlin foe Browder to West: Russian money Putin’s Achilles heel

Reuters News ServiceJune 15, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 15, 20184 28

Once the biggest foreign money manager in Russia, Bill Browder has some advice for the West: If you want to counter Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, then go...

Cyprus

Browder’s Nicosia court case delayed to February 28

Stelios OrphanidesFebruary 12, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesFebruary 12, 2018019

The Nicosia District Court has delayed a scheduled February 12 hearing to the end of the month in the case of Hermitage Capital founder Bill...

Cyprus

Concerns about money laundering unjustified, Anastasiades tells MEPs

Stelios OrphanidesJanuary 11, 2018

By Stelios OrphanidesJanuary 11, 2018029

By Stelios Orphanides President Nicos Anastasiades told members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a recent letter that their concerns about Cyprus neglecting its obligations...

Cyprus

Browder given deadline until Dec. 22 to file supplementary affidavit

Stelios OrphanidesDecember 4, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesDecember 4, 2017012

The Nicosia District Court gave Hermitage Capital co-founder Bill Browder and his associate Ivan Cherkasov a deadline until December 22 to file a request for...

Russia

AG objects Browder’s request to cancel cooperation with Russia

Stelios OrphanidesNovember 22, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesNovember 22, 2017028

By Stelios Orphanides The Cypriot government objected to a request filed by Hermitage Capital’s founder Bill Browder for an emergency injunction barring Cyprus from cooperating...

Cyprus

17 MEPs slam Cyprus over aiding Putin against Browder, laundering

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 29, 2017October 28, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 29, 2017October 28, 20174 792

By Stelios Orphanides THREE days after Interpol dismissed for the fifth time a Russian arrest warrant against Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder, a group of...

Cyprus

UK MP blasts Cyprus for co-operating with Russia, MoJ insulted (Update 1)

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 26, 2017October 26, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 26, 2017October 26, 2017043

A British lawmaker claimed Cyprus “actively” obstructs a global money laundering investigation involving Russia and the UK should therefore seek to downgrade it to non-compliant...

Cyprus

Putin raises Browder issue with Anastasiades, expects satisfactory decision

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 25, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 25, 2017017

By Stelios Orphanides Contrary to what was announced just one day prior, Cyprus’s ministry of justice and Russia’s prosecutor general’s office did not sign a...

Cyprus

Christodoulides says Browder’s case unrelated to ties to Russia

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 20, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 20, 2017013

By Stelios Orphanides Government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday that Bill Browder’s application in a Cypriot court challenging Cyprus’s legal cooperation with Russia in...

Cyprus

Russian ambassador says Browder’s court case hurt ties to Russia

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 13, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 13, 2017018

Russian ambassador to Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy said that Cyprus’s relations to Russia, one of its major commercial partners, suffered after Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder...

Cyprus

Justice Minister stalls French Magnitsky case probe for a year

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 13, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 13, 2017018

By Stelios Orphanides Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou, who stressed his commitment to helping Russia’s ‘politically motivated’ investigation of Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder, withheld related...

Cyprus

Justice Minister Nicolaou says Cyprus to object to Browder’s application

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 10, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 10, 2017022

The Republic of Cyprus will object to the application of Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder for an emergency injunction filed at the Nicosia District Court...

Cyprus

Court gives AG a month’s time to file objection against Browder’s request

Stelios OrphanidesOctober 4, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesOctober 4, 2017026

Nicosia District Court judge Ioannis Ioannides gave the defence time until November 6 to consider whether they will file a complementary objection to the application for an...

Cyprus

Cyprus acting like a ‘Russian colony’

Stelios OrphanidesSeptember 24, 2017September 24, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesSeptember 24, 2017September 24, 2017042

By Stelios Orphanides HERMITAGE Capital founder Bill Browder said Cyprus should stop cooperating with Moscow in Russian “politically motivated” criminal proceeding against him and his partner Ivan Cherkasov...