Viktor Anatolyevich Bout[a] (/ buːt /; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military …

Aug 27, 2014 · From a young age, Bout, who grew up in the Soviet backwater of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, yearned to see the world. The son of an auto mechanic and a bookkeeper, he …

Nov 21, 2024 · Viktor Anatolyevich Bout was born in 1967 in Dushanbe, which is today the capital of Tajikistan but was then part of the U.S.S.R. From a young age, Bout demonstrated a …

Dec 8, 2024 · Known as the "Merchant of Death," Viktor Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer whose life reads like a spy thriller. Born on January 13, 1967, in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet …

Viktor Bout, entrepreneur, arms smuggler and, strangest of all, amateur film-maker.

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4 days ago · Bout insisted that during the early days, when he flew weapons to dictators and murderous rebel armies all over Africa, he was simply a businessman helping post-colonial …

Dec 9, 2022 · Bout started as a young man from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan who enrolled in the Soviet Military at the age of 18. He served in the Army for a short term and then went on …

Dec 8, 2022 · Russia got jailed arms dealer Viktor Bout back from the United States on Thursday, after exchanging imprisoned U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for him. Bout's life reads like a …

Dec 9, 2022 · Bout was 10 years into a 25-year sentence in a U.S. maximum-security prison. His conviction—on charges of terrorism—hinged on an alleged plot to supply weapons for …