Cold-Shouldered

Hedge fund manager William Browder spent a decade fighting the status quo in Russia, only to be banished without warning from the country he considers his adopted home.

Every other weekend for the past decade, William Browder, founder of Moscow-based Hermitage Capital Management, has flown from Russia to London — where he has a second home — and back again to Russia. He estimates that he has made the trip more than 250 times since launching the hedge fund firm in 1996, and he has never had a problem with his visa — until recently.

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