Viktor Bout returns to arms trading: Wall Street Journal | Video
- October 7, 2024
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[Síguenos ahora también en Whatsapp. Da clic aquí] Victor Bouta Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the US and then freed in a trade two years ago for
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Victor Bouta Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the US and then freed in a trade two years ago for an American basketball star. Britney Griner returned to international arms tradereported on Sunday Wall Street Journal.
Citing an unnamed European security source and other anonymous sources familiar with the matter, WSJ wrote that Booth is nicknamed “death merchant trying to become a sales intermediary small arms to Yemeni Houthi militants, with the support Iran.
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— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 7, 2024
“When the Houthi emissaries went to Moscow in August, negotiate the purchase of automatic weapons in the amount of 10 million dollars they met familiar face: mustachioed Booth”the newspaper reports.
Possible arms deliveries not yet delivered, reported WSJ. They don’t even come close to sale of Russian anti-ship or anti-aircraft missilesThis could pose a serious threat to the US military’s efforts to protect international shipping from Houthi attacks, he added.
Reuters I couldn’t check the message myself. The Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to the request Reuters make comments.
He WSJ reported that Steve ZissouNew York lawyer who represented Booth in the US, declined to comment on whether his client had met with the Houthis, and what A Houthi spokesman declined to comment.
After returning to Russia after the prisoner exchange in December 2022 Booth, 57 years old, joined the ultranationalists Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR)loyal to the Kremlin, but has since maintained a relatively low public status.
Booth was one of the most wanted men in the world before his arrest in 2008 in Thailand for several charges related to arms trafficking. He was extradited to USA and in 2012 he was found guilty and sentenced by a Manhattan court to 25 years in prison.
For almost two decades, Bout was one of the most famous arms dealers in the world.selling weapons to rogue states, rebel groups and warlords in Africa, Asia and South America.
His fame was such that his life inspired a Hollywood film. “Lord of War” since 2005, starring Nicolas Cage in the role Yuri Orlovarms dealer, based on Booth.
(Reuters)
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