Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer, was part of the one-on-one prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner. So who is he?
American basketball player Brittney Griner arrives in court outside Moscow on June 27. The U.S. said Thursday that she's been freed in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
The Thais extradited Bout to the U.S. two years later, where he was charged with conspiring to kill Americans. He was convicted in a Manhattan court in 2011, and received a 25-year sentence that he was serving in Marion, Ill.After all, he made his money selling weapons that had been intended for use by the Soviet Union's military and successor countries.
"Every opportunity he gets, Vladimir Putin wants to show that he can go toe-to-toe with Russia's main enemy," Hoffman said."It's a real good public relations move for him to show that he's taking care of his own."
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