Viktor Bout was released in a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia, and he's reportedly brokering arms sales to ...
His infamy inspired the 2005 Hollywood film "Lord of War," starring Nicolas Cage, an arms dealer loosely based on Bout.
Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout was traded in 2022 for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.
When the Yemeni emissaries came to Moscow in August to purchase $10 million in small arms, it was Viktor Bout sitting across the table.