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Viktor Bout

Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (/buːt/; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут, romanized: Viktor Anatolyevich But; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout…

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Occupation
Arms dealer
Born
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 59) Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Children
Yelizaveta Bout
Criminal charge
Conspiring to kill, acquiring and export missiles, providing material to a terrorist organization
Criminal status
Repatriated to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange
Nickname(s)
Merchant of Death Vadim Markovich Aminov Viktor Bulakin Viktor Butt Viktor Budd Boris

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Post-Soviet era

Investigation

U.S. prosecution and conviction

Prisoner exchange

After returning to Russia

Personal life

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Viktor Bout

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related to Personal life · 22
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related to Cinema · 12
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Born · 1
Viktor Bout → Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 59) Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Children · 1
Viktor Bout → Yelizaveta Bout
Criminal charge · 1
Viktor Bout → Conspiring to kill, acquiring and export missiles, providing material to a terrorist organization
Criminal status · 1
Viktor Bout → Repatriated to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange
Nickname(s) · 1
Viktor Bout → Merchant of Death Vadim Markovich Aminov Viktor Bulakin Viktor Butt Viktor Budd Boris
Occupation · 1
Viktor Bout → Arms dealer

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Viktor BoutBornViktor Anatolyevich Bout (1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 59) Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union1.00infobox
Viktor BoutChildrenYelizaveta Bout1.00infobox
Viktor BoutCriminal chargeConspiring to kill, acquiring and export missiles, providing material to a terrorist organization1.00infobox
Viktor BoutCriminal statusRepatriated to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange1.00infobox
Viktor BoutNickname(s)Merchant of Death Vadim Markovich Aminov Viktor Bulakin Viktor Butt Viktor Budd Boris1.00infobox
Viktor BoutOccupationArms dealer1.00infobox
Viktor BoutPartyLiberal Democratic Party of Russia (2022–present)1.00infobox
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Viktor Boutis avegetarian0.90text
Viktor Boutrelated to BibliographyEstulin0.60section
Viktor Boutrelated to BibliographyDaniel0.60section
Viktor Boutrelated to BibliographyShadow Masters0.60section

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