Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

by Bill Browder

November 8, 2012, Alexander Perepilichnyy flew to Paris to meet his mistress, Elmira Medynskaya, a 28-year-old, six-foot Ukrainian. She looked like a caricature of a Barbie doll—dyed blond hair, puffed lips, and impossibly long legs.