Dec 9, 2022 · Viktor Bout is a man who many ordinary Russians have likely have heard of, and he certainly is of mythological importance to the Russian elite. He is not someone Vladimir Putin wanted to leave...

Dec 12, 2022 · Viktor Bout has received a celebrity's welcome in Russia since being released from U.S. custody, embarking on something of a victory tour in the wake of a prisoner swap that not only secured his...

Viktor Anatolyevich Bout[a] (/ buːt /; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a 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 and early 2000s.

Oct 7, 2024 · Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” walked out of a U.S. prison almost two years ago in a trade with Moscow for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Now he...

Dec 12, 2022 · Notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who returned to Russia last week after being exchanged for Brittney Griner, has joined an ultranationalist political party and heaped praise on President...

Oct 7, 2024 · Viktor Bout, known as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Merchant of Death,” has been out of jail for nearly two years now after the deal the Biden-Harris administration brokered with Russia.

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” walked out of a U.S. jail almost two years ago in a trade with Moscow for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Now he...

Oct 7, 2024 · Bout, who said he kept a picture of Putin in his prison cell and is a fervent supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was elected to a seat in a local legislature last year.

Dec 10, 2022 · Viktor Bout, the notorious arm dealer who was freed by the U.S. in a high-profile prisoner exchange with Russia this week, was reported by Moscow-based news site Gazeta.ru as saying that he...

Sep 10, 2023 · His emergence as a politician in Russia’s autocratic system — in which elections serve mainly to add a veneer of legitimacy to President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule — shows how the Kremlin is eager...