Rule of Lies

“The blend of gripping personal memoir and Firestone’s incisive ability to explain complicated legal, business, and economic concepts throughout will appeal to both real-life thriller fans and those interested in viewing Russia’s evolution from the inside.” ⎯ Booklist

“Fascinating debut memoir … . Readers will find this a valuable eyewitness account of large-scale malfeasance in Russia.” ⎯ Publishers Weekly

“Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel, Rule of Lies takes the reader from a wild childhood as the son of a New York conman to becoming a daredevil lawyer in Moscow dealing with mobsters, crooked police and SWAT teams, and on to becoming an internationally known activist fighting against Putin. An incredible true story and a great read!” ⎯ Bill Browder, author of Red Notice and Freezing Order

“Jamison Firestone is a legend in his own lifetime. For anyone following Russia’s febrile efforts to transform into a market economy and pluralistic polity in the 1990s and 2000s, he was a frontline figure. Firestone was close to all the right (as well as the wrong) people in one of the most difficult and dangerous places to practice law. His book is a remarkable firsthand account of some of the most tragic events and developments in Putin’s Russia.” ⎯ Fiona Hill, former Senior Director for Europe and Russia, US National Security Council and author of There is Nothing for You Here

“Jamison Firestone has written a tremendous book about a terrible tragedy. If you want to know how Putin ruined Russia and to understand why it matters, you should read Rule of Lies.” ⎯ Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of Everybody Loves Our Dollars and Butler to the World

“Jamison Firestone took part in some of the most momentous battles against Putin’s increasingly criminal rule. Rule of Lies is both a gripping tale of the immense personal bravery of those who refused to back down to Putin’s hijacking of the Russian state⎯and an astonishing glimpse into a rollercoaster life. A real page-turner.” ⎯ Catherine Belton, author of Putin’s People

“As vivid and compelling as a John Le Carre thriller. Jamison Firestone tells the true story of his David vs Goliath struggle against the Russian state. It is a portrait of Russia’s descent into criminality under Vladimir Putin, written from the perspective of a US lawyer who spent nearly two decades in Moscow. There are first-hand accounts of brave Russian dissidents who resisted the Kremlin including Alexey Navalny and Sergei Magnitsky and of the corrupt officials who persecuted them. An essential guide to what post-communist Russia has become, at a time when Moscow is pursuing a murderous war in Ukraine.” ⎯ Luke Harding, author of Invasion

“This book is NUTS!⎯in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia. Will leave you breathless, exhilarated and enlightened.” ⎯ Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

“A thrilling first-hand expose of the political and financial gangsterism of the Putin regime.” ⎯ Peter Tatchell

Jamison Firestone established the first independent foreign law firm in Russia, where he lived for eighteen years. He was a member of the board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia for the last six of those. He is a co-founder, along with Sir William Browder, of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, which created the Magnitsky human rights and anti-corruption sanctions regimes. He also ran the Navalny 35 campaign, promoting the sanctioning of corrupt oligarchs and officials identified by Alexei Navalny. He currently works on seizing Russian state assets for the benefit of Ukraine and has been featured on the BBC, Bloomberg, CBC, and in several documentaries. He lives in London.

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