In exchange for Brittney Griner, Moscow secured the freedom of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer behind bars in the United States serving a 25-year sentence, according to U.S. officials and Russia’s foreign ministry. Here's what you need to know.
Viktor Bout, 55, is a former Soviet military translator who became an international air transport figure after the fall of communism. He was serving a 25-year sentence at a medium-security prison in Illinois for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals and selling weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia .The Kremlin long pushed for Bout’s release, calling his conviction “unlawful.” Over the summer, media reports in Russia hinted that he could be swapped for Griner and former U.S.
Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges stemming from her arrest at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport in February. She was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison in August and
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