Posted on 01/25/2023 8:03:48 AM PST by BusterDog
On episode 20 of the show we are joined by Viktor Bout, a man whose life story is quite worthy of a film adaptation. A polyglot, entrepreneur, graduate of the Soviet Military Institute of Foreign Languages. In the West Viktor is portrayed as the “lord of war” and the “merchant of death”. A Russian businessman, a case against whom was fabricated by the American intelligence services on the basis of a provocation they carried out against him in Thailand in 2008.
After extradition to the United States, Bout was sentenced to 25 years in a maximum security prison. He was eventually released back to Russia in December 2022, in a prisoner exchange between US and Russia. Upon his return to Russia Viktor had decided to start a political career joining the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
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Sure lets listen to Viktor Bout, “the Merchant of Death” who was convicted on charges of conspiring to kill Americans, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and providing material support to a terrorist organization.
“the Merchant of Death”
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You work for the New York Times?
No, do you work for that POS Viktor Bout who was convicted by a jury at a federal court, of conspiracy to kill American citizens
How bad can it be when Putin’s boy, Joe, just gave Bout back to Putin? You don’t think he really did that to rescue Griner? That was just a pretext to do what Putin asked him.
“No, do you work for that POS Viktor Bout who was convicted by a jury at a federal court, of conspiracy to kill American citizens”
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No, is he hiring? Would I get to meet Nicolas Cage?
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Recently-freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Americans:
— “They’re losing their Christian values, they’re losing their families, they’re losing literally their country.”
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