Viktor Bout

Viktor Bout
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Viktor Anatolyevich Bout, Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer.

Bout, an entrepreneur and former Soviet military translator, reportedly used his multiple air transport companies to smuggle weapons since the collapse of communism from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout was nicknamed the Merchant of Death and Sanctions Buster for his reported wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes.

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