Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov visited Viktor Bout, an infamous Russian arms dealer serving a long prison sentence in the U.S. who has been linked to a possible prisoner swap between the two countries.
Antonov spent about 90 minutes this week with Bout, who has garnered the nickname “the merchant of death” for selling weapons to alleged human rights abusers across the globe.
While he is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S., his future is tied to two Americans currently serving their prison sentences in Russia, though the Biden administration views them as being “wrongfully detained.” Paul Whelan, a Michigan man, is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges that he and his family vehemently deny. He has been held since late 2018. Whelan was able to call his parents for the second time in nearly a month, his brother David Whelan said in a note to reporters on Wednesday.
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