Browder, one of Russia's largest foreign investors has been a steady critic of corporate scandal in that country, so much so in fact, that it appears the government has decided he is a threat to national security:

Browder Barred as a Security Threat

By Catherine Belton
Staff Writer
The Moscow Times

William Browder, the outspoken CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Russia's biggest foreign portfolio investor, has been denied entry to Russia under a rule that bars foreigners considered to pose a threat to national security, according to a Foreign Ministry letter obtained by The Moscow Times.

Browder has crusaded against corporate governance abuses, most notably at Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz, and the news that he has been barred since November is stirring up worries in the foreign business community that the state is extending its efforts to silence critics to foreign investors...

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-- MDT

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