A U.S. lawyer for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout says Moscow wants to exchange him for an American held in Russia -- possibly basketball star Brittney Griner.
In the 2005 Nicolas Cage movie “Lord of War,” the character loosely based on Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout evades his American law enforcement pursuers, apparently saved by the CIA.
But in real life, the U.S. government set up an elaborate operation in 2008 to capture and prosecute Bout, dubbed “the Merchant of Death,” because he was said to be one of the world’s largest illicit arms dealers.basketball star Brittney GrinerThe potential exchange has sparked a debate over whether the U.S. should give in to blackmail, given the disparity between the case of Bout, who was lawfully convicted of serious crimes, and Stay informed about New England news and weather.
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