Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer freed in the swap for Brittney Griner, said after returning home that his fellow Illinois inmates were “sympathetically inclined”
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Russian State Media Releases Video of Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout Swap
Russia’s state media on Thursday released video footage of the prisoner exchange of Brittney Griner, the American W.N.B.A. star, and Viktor Bout, the convicted Russian
Why the U.S. Offered to Swap Griner for Bout, a Russian Arms Dealer
The negotiations raise questions about what, if any, standards should apply when the United States agrees to trade prisoners.
Viktor Bout Could Be Swapped for Brittney Griner. Who Is He?
Shortly after his conviction in 2011 on charges including conspiring to kill American citizens, the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout relayed a defiant message through