Viktor Bout biography, Russian arms dealer and the Merchant of Death.

Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer and the Merchant of Death

Who is Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner?

December 8, 2022 George Awiadem Maclean Biography, Brittney Griner, Lord of War, merchant of death, Russian, Viktor Bout

Viktor Anatolyevich Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer, entrepreneur, smuggler of weapons, and former Soviet military translator.

Russia frees US basketball star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Brittney Griner (Left) was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony by a court in Russia in August. Viktor Bout (Right)

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Russia frees US basketball star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

December 8, 2022 George Awiadem Maclean Brittney Griner, Lord of War, merchant of death, Russia, US, Viktor Bout

The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years.