Viktor Bout
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 57 |
Date of birth | January 13,1967 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Dushanbe |
Tajikistan | |
Spouse | Alla Bout |
Parents | Raisa Bout |
Siblings | Sergei Bout |
Children | Elizaveta Bout |
Job | Translator |
Arms Dealer | |
Businessperson | |
Army officer | |
Other name | Vadim Markovich Aminov, Viktor Bulakin, Victor Anatoliyevich Bout, Victor But, Viktor Budd, Viktor Butt |
Movies/Shows | The Notorious Mr. Bout |
Education | Kazanskoye Suvorovskoye Voyennoye Uchilishche |
Military Institute of the USSR Ministry of Defence | |
Full name | Viktor Anatolyevich Bout |
Nationality | Russian |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 615510 |
Viktor Bout Life story
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout is a Russian arms dealer. 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.
Evan Gershkovich: US confirms Russia contact over prisoner swap for reporter
... And after being jailed for 10 months, in December after the US brokered a prison swap and released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was imprisoned in the US over weapons smuggling...
Michael Travis Leake, US musician, detained in Russia
... Late last year, American basketball player Brittney Griner, who was jailed in Russia on drugs charges, was for the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout...
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... It was 10 months before she was freed in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout...
Brittney Griner vows to play this season after prisoner swap
... The WNBA player was released last week in a prisoner swap for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout...
Russia's released arms dealer Viktor Bout joins ultranationalist party
...Russia s arms dealer Viktor Bout - nicknamed the " merchant of death" - has joined the pro-Kremlin ultranationalist LDPR party, following his release in a high-profile US prisoner swap...
Paul Whelan: US and Russia to explore more prisoner swaps
... Griner, who was arrested in February for possessing cannabis oil at a Moscow airport, was traded for convicted weapons trafficker Viktor Bout, who was flown back to Russia after 12 years...
Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia
... Griner was jailed for carrying cannabis oil at a Moscow airport in February, and was exchanged for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Thursday...
How the Brittney Griner prisoner swap with Russia was done
... It became clear the Russians wanted a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout - a notorious arms dealer who was serving a 25 year sentence in US prison...
Brittney Griner vows to play this season after prisoner swap
By Madeline HalpertBBC News, Washington
Brittney Griner has said she will soon return to playing basketball after the American Star was freed from a Russian jail.
The WNBA player was released last week in a prisoner swap for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout .
She spoke for the First Time since The Exchange on Friday, thanking President Joe Biden and vowing to return for Phoenix Mercury this season.
" It feels So Good to be home, "
" The Last 10 months have been a battle at every turn. I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped Keep Me going. "
" I also want to make one thing very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury this season, " Griner said.
The two-time Olympic Gold medallist said she had departed Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio , Texas, where she spent a week recovering After Landing in the US.
Griner also pledged to use her platform to help Mr Biden secure the release of, an ex-marine who has been in Russian custody for nearly Four Years on charges of spying.
The Biden administration faced criticism for failing to include Whelan in the Griner-Bout prisoner swap. The US said it had The Choice of bringing home Griner or No One .
Mr Biden is " committed to bringing Paul Whelan and all Americans home" Griner said, urging " everyone that played a part in bringing me home to continue their efforts" to secure his release.
" Every family deserves to be whole, " She Said .
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and later sent to a penal colony.
She spent 10 months in Russian custody before the US Government - Under Pressure from activists, politicians and those close to Griner - struck a deal with Russia to release her for Bout, who was flown back after 12 years in US custody.
The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, And Then flying them home.
Griner, 32, is one of the best-known sportswomen In America . During the US basketball season The Double Olympic champion is a star centre for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.
Her agent recently said The Star had played basketball for the First Time since her arrest during her stay at the US army post in Texas.
Her First Move was a Dunk ,
Source of news: bbc.com