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Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (/ b uː t /; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a Tajik-born Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his multiple companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s ...
Sep 10, 2023 · Viktor A. Bout was returned to Russia in December in a prisoner swap for the American basketball star Brittney Griner. Now, he’s running for office in the coming Russian regional elections ...
Dec 8, 2022 · US basketball star Brittney Griner was freed in a prisoner exchange for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout nearly 10 months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport.
Jul 28, 2022 · Bout is a Russian who was the world's most notorious arms dealer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence in Illinois before being...
Dec 8, 2022 · Convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout has been swapped by the U.S. for American WNBA player Brittney Griner who was detained in Russia earlier this year.
Dec 8, 2022 · Variously dubbed “the merchant of death” and “the sanctions buster” for his ability to get around arms embargoes, Bout, 55, was one of the world's most wanted men prior to his 2008 arrest ...
On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia earlier in 2022 and sentenced to nine ...
