Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known abroad as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the...
Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, dubbed the "Merchant of Death", sits in a cell at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 11, 2009, during his extradition hearing.MOSCOW — Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known abroad as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the world’s worst conflicts.
Russia had pressed for Bout’s release for years and as speculation grew about such a deal, the upper house of parliament opened a display of paintings he made in prison – whose subjects ranged from Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to a kitten. In this file photo taken on March 08, 2008 Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout waits at a detention center of criminal court in Bangkok. US President Joe Biden said on December 12, 2022 that US women's basketball star Brittney Griner is "on her way home" after being freed from Russia in a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Bout’s case fit well into Moscow’s narrative that Washington sought to trap and oppress innocent Russians on flimsy grounds. “He got a hard deal,” said Scheindlin, the retired judge, noting the U.S. sting operatives “put words in his mouth” so he’d say he was aware Americans could die from weapons he sold in order to require a terrorism enhancement that would force a long prison sentence, if not a life term.
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