LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The lifetime of Viktor Bout reads like a spy thriller.
Russia obtained the jailed arms seller again from america on Thursday after exchanging imprisoned U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for him at Abu Dhabi airport.
Variously dubbed “the service provider of demise” and “the sanctions buster” for his potential to get round arms embargoes, Bout, 55, was one of many world’s most needed males previous to his 2008 arrest on a number of costs associated to arms trafficking.
For nearly 20 years, Bout turned the world’s most infamous arms seller, promoting weaponry to rogue states, insurgent teams and murderous warlords…
