Moscow condemns US court’s verdict to Viktor Bout
...Foreign Ministry will take all efforts necessary to repatriate convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout after a U.S. court sentenced him to 25 years in prison, the ministry’s said in a statement Friday. The Foreign Ministry called the US court’s verdict to...info
Viktor Bout: "We shall never surrender"
...judge could have given him life sentence. I knew it from the look of her that she would have given him less if she could." Viktor Bout has two weeks to file an appeal. His lawyer made it clear that he lays his hopes on political agreements between the US and...info
"Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout faces sentencing
...he'll be in prison after his defense lawyers asked a judge to set him free and prosecutors asked that he never get out. Viktor Bout, 45, faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison and possibly life during sentencing Thursday for his conviction on terrorism...info
Arms smuggler Viktor Bout jailed for 25 years
...market arms dealer in the post-Cold War period, specialising in arming African warlords and dictators. "The sentencing of Viktor Bout sets a global precedent in the battle to put illegal arms traffickers out of business," said Kathi Lynn Austin, executive...info
‘Hope dies last’: Bout awaits sentence in US
...Kafka’s book The Process and also with the all-out attack on Libya. Alla Bout, the wife of arrested Russian businessman Viktor Bout, has been allowed to see her husband for the first time since he was extradited from Thailand. RT met with Alla to get her take...info
Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison
...Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer dubbed 'the Merchant of Death', has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following his conviction on terrorism charges resulting from a US sting operation. Bout, 45, had faced a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison...info
Viktor Bout, 'Merchant of Death,' to Be Sentenced
...arms dealers is being held accountable for his sordid past," Attorney General Eric Holder said after Bout's conviction. "Viktor Bout's arms trafficking activity and support of armed conflicts have been a source of concern around the globe for decades." On...info
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout faces long prison sentence
...lawyer wants the conviction overturned and says the prosecution was 'political' (CNN) -- The convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout faces the possibility of life in prison at his sentencing in a federal court in New York on Thursday. Last year, Bout, who's...info
Arms dealer Viktor Bout sentenced
...April 2012 Last updated at 18:29 ET The United Nations imposed sanctions on Bout as early as 2001 Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the "merchant of death", has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a US judge. During the sentencing, the ex-Soviet officer shouted...info
Viktor Bout gets 25 years in prison
...and tried to picture the US government sting operation as misguided, zealous entrapment. "The relentless pursuit of Viktor Bout and the abominable design to create a criminal case against him that brings him before this court for sentencing is the product...info