Why Is Trump Letting Russia Help Target US Troops?

Sir Bill Browder answers the question.

Orbán’s Defeat Is a 'Victory for the West' | Sir Bill Browder

Apr 13, 2026 | “It's a very dangerous thing, politically, to be so pro-Putin and that's been borne out by yesterday's election in Hungary.”

The historic defeat of Viktor Orbán in yesterday’s Hungarian election shows that Vladimir Putin’s efforts to exert soft power in the West are proving unpopular domestically, says head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign Sir Bill Browder.

'Something Is Going On' Russian Internet Shutdowns Expose Putin's Weak Position | Sir Bill Browder

Mar 31, 2026 | Frontline failures, oil export crises and continued clampdowns in major cities suggest 'something is going on' as Putin appears weak despite favourable conditions on the world stage, says Bill Browder, Head of the Magnitsky Justice Campaign.

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Is Trump about to Walk Away from Iran?

Sir Bill Browder tells us what will happen if he does.

Trump Simply Isn’t ‘Making Any Sense’ | Sir Bill Browder

Mar 10, 2026 | Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump claiming Vladimir Putin “wants to be helpful” with the Iran war while at the same time reaffirming Moscow’s commitment to Tehran, President Putin risks losing billions of dollars worth of investments in Iran and President Trump “lies” about the use of a Tomahawk cruise missile that bombed an Iranian girls school.

Trump Exposed for Displaying Framed Photo with Putin on White House Wall | Sir Bill Browder

Jan 28, 2026 | Sir Bill Browder joins Maddie Hale to discuss reports the United States will only provide security guarantees to Ukraine if it gives up the Donbas to Russia, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin offers Donald Trump a way to receive a Nobel Peace Prize and a keen-eyed reporter finds a framed photo of the US President and Vladimir Putin hanging on a wall near the West Wing.

How 2025 Pushed Russia into Economic 'Collapse' | Bill Browder

Dec 20, 2025 | Putin's invasion of Ukraine has already pushed Russia's economy into the beginning of a collapse says Bill Browder founder of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, discussing the global impact of the war in Ukraine in 2025 with Philip Ingram.

Ukraine’s Fate Enters Crunch Time Today amid a ‘Monumental’ Decision | Sir Bill Browder

Dec 18, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Vladimir Putin’s TV address where he accused European countries of “stoking the level of hysteria”, President Zelenskyy sends a stern message to the United States and EU leaders meet in Brussels to press Belgium to release tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets in order to provide Ukraine with the economic and military needs for the next two years.

Ukraine’s Fate Will Be Determined Next Week | Sir Bill Browder

Dec 12, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the United States suggesting Donbas become a free economic zone, Belgium threatens legal action against the EU if it moves ahead with plans to use or effectively seize frozen Russian central bank assets and Ukraine’s strikes halt production on a Lukoil-operated oil rig in the Caspian sea.

Sir Bill Browder is the man who has got the most impressive understanding of this problem. It is so refreshing to listen to him bringing clarity into this most difficult and intractable of problems. Bill Browder cuts to the chase. — © Mark Alexander

Trump Is ‘No Friend’ to Ukraine as Europe ‘Steps Up’ to Take Down Putin | Sir Bill Browder

Nov 28, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the latest developments on Ukrainian land concession discussions, why the progression of the war puts Vladimir Putin’s life at stake and The New York Times details the timeline of European officials finding out the United States had left them out of a peace plan proposal.

Trump’s Peace Plan Was Written by the Russians | Sir Bill Browder

Nov 23, 2025 | “[It said] this was written in Russia. The syntax etc. was all translated from Russian to English.”

AI has analysed the US peace plan for Ukraine and it shows that the Russians wrote it, says CEO of the Hermitage Fund and author Sir Bill Browder.

Trump Should ‘Kneecap’ Putin Now | Sir Bill Browder Reacts to ‘Tone Deaf’ Peace Plan for Ukraine

Nov 20, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Axios’ report on the United States’ 28 point plan for ending the Russia-Ukraine war, how it’s similar to Vladimir Putin’s original 2022 proposal and reports Special Envoy Keith Kellogg will leave his post in January.

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Trump Made My ‘Blood Boil’ in Most Shameful Moment in US History | Sir Bill Browder

Oct 10, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to react to Vladimir Putin’s comments about Donald Trump brokering a peace deal between Israel & Hamas, Russia’s stock market fell to its lowest level in three years and why the US President has an important card he can still play to end Putin’s war.

Trump’s Talk Is ‘Cheap’ – But One Move Could Choke Off Putin’s Lifeblood | Sir Bill Browder

Sep 26, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Donald Trump’s backflip in supporting Ukraine, the irony of Russia backing calls for there to be a global ban on biological weapons while using chemical weapons on Ukrainian troops and what economic move the US President could use on Russia to turn off Vladimir Putin’s lifeblood.

Putin’s Situation Is ‘Extremely Grave’ | Sir Bill Browder

Sep 5, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to analyse reports Russia’s economy has slipped into “technical stagnation”, how Vladimir Putin forces state companies to pay for his war and Donald Trump continues to choose a diplomatic path towards peace in Ukraine but warns “something is going to happen”.

2025 or 1938? Vladimir Kara-Murza Warns Trump Repeating Pre-WWII Mistakes by Appeasing Putin

Aug 17, 2025 | Viewers of Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska this week would be reasonable to wonder whether they had traveled back to 1938, says Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. "If there is one clear lesson from history, it is that you cannot achieve peace by appeasing an aggressor," Kara-Murza says. Trump "has relinquished the title of the leader of the free world” and that “this collective leadership is now being passed to Europe."

Trump Placated by Europe's Leaders to Prevent 'Completely Outrageous' Outburst | Bill Browder

Aug 19, 2025 | "What everybody is trying to do right now is to try to keep Trump onside enough so that he doesn't do something crazy, like say: 'I'm withdrawing from Nato'."

European leaders' presence at the Nato Summit was designed to "placate" Donald Trump for President Zelensky so that he doesn't make outlandish claims which could disrupt talks for a ceasefire, says high profile Kremlin critic and author of 'Red Notice: How I became Putin's Number One Enemy', Bill Browder.

Trump Is ‘Humiliated’: Sir Bill Browder Reacts to 'Weak' Meeting with Putin

Aug 16, 2025 | Sir Bill Browder joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale for an in depth analysis of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s “humiliating” meeting where the US President left Alaska without a ceasefire, commitment to slap Russia with further sanctions or a peace deal being made.

LIVE: Russia’s TOP Enemy EXPOSES Trump-Putin Ties | The Weekend Show

Mar 24, 2025 | Former Russian investor Sir William Browder joins Anthony Davis to discuss Trump’s failed ceasefire negotiations with Putin, his human rights abuses and how Europe is preparing for an alliance without the U.S. in the protection of itself and Ukraine - on The Weekend Show.

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‘He’s Humiliating Trump’: Browder on Putin’s Negotiations with Trump

Mar 19, 2025 | Bill Browder, a former top investor in Russia, weighs in on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s phone call with President Donald Trump and its failure to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine.