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Viktor Anatolyevich Bout [a] (/ b uː t /; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his multiple companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s.
The net worth is estimated based on individuals' assets, such as stakes in public and private companies, yachts, art, and real estate. ... Viktor Vekselberg: Russia ...
"When Houthi emissaries went to Moscow in August to negotiate the purchase of $10 million worth of automatic weapons, they encountered a familiar face: the mustachioed Bout," the newspaper ...
[20] [30] [17] Forbes, The Independent, and The New York Times name Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer, as a specific source of inspiration. Yuri shares characteristics with Bout, and several events in Lord of War mirror actions attributed to him. For example, both men held the nickname "Merchant of Death", sold weapons to both sides of the ...
The U.S. sanctioned Bout in 2004 due to his gunrunning to Liberia; a year later, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four of his associates and 30 of his companies.
Maldonado says "it's not just Trump. It goes back to Biden too. They trip all over themselves, releasing people like Viktor Bout, $6 billion doing all these foreign trades, and nothing against ...
Sarkis Garabet Soghanalian (Armenian: Սարգիս Սողանալեան; February 6, 1929 – October 5, 2011), nicknamed the Merchant of Death, was a Syrian-Lebanese-Armenian [1] [2] international private arms dealer who gained fame for being the "Cold War's largest arms merchant" [3] and the lead seller of firearms and weaponry to the former government of Iraq under Saddam Hussein during the ...
STORY: Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States?The 55-year-old has been dubbed “the merchant of death” and “the sanctions buster” for his ability to get ...