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What is known about the Russian dealer of "death", Viktor Bout

2022-08-05 18:42:25Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REUTERS
What is known about the Russian dealer of "death", Viktor Bout
Viktor Bout

Media in the United States announce that the United States' proposal to Russia for the release of American prisoners in Russia, basketball player Brittney Griner and ex-Marine Paul Whelan, includes an exchange with Russian arms dealer Viktor Buout, sentenced to 25 years in prison in the USA. But who is Viktor Bout? The following material brings details of the capture of the Russian, whose arms trade has given him the nickname, "dealer of death".

The life of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout sometimes sounds like a spy novel that is hard to believe.

Nicknamed the "merchant of death" and "sanctions evader" for his ability to circumvent arms embargoes, Bout, 55, was one of the world's most wanted men before his arrest in 2008 on charges of many related to arms trafficking.

He was caught on camera agreeing to sell 100 surface-to-air missiles to US agents posing as representatives of Colombia's left-wing guerrilla organization FARC, which they would use to kill troops. american.

Soon after, he was arrested by the Thai police.

After two years of diplomatic standoff with the US, during which Russia insisted Bout was innocent and his case was politically motivated, he was extradited to the United States, where he faced a range of charges, including conspiracy to supporting terrorists, plotting to kill Americans and money laundering.

He was tried on FARC-related charges, which he denied, and in 2012, was sentenced by a Manhattan court to 25 years in prison, the minimum possible sentence.

Since then, the Russian state has been determined to bring it back.

On July 27, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had made "a substantial offer" to Russia to release US basketball player Brittney Griner and former US Marine Paul Whelan.

On July 29, Secretary Blinken confirmed that he had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

"During the day I talked with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. We had a frank and direct conversation. I pressured the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal we made for the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner," said Mr. Blinken.

Mr. Blinken declined to say what the United States was offering in exchange for Americans Griner and Whelan. A source familiar with the situation confirmed a report published by American television, CNN, that Washington was willing to exchange the arms dealer as part of a deal.


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