On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer.

Jul 28, 2022 · Bout, a 55-year-old Russian, was the world's most notorious arms dealer before a U.S. court convicted him in 2011 and sent him to a prison in Illinois. On Thursday, the U.S. freed Bout in an...

Dec 9, 2022 · Griner was successfully exchanged via a prisoner swap for the release of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer nicknamed “The Merchant of Death.” Bout had been convicted by a New York jury on four counts that included conspiring to kill American citizens, according to the New York Times.

Dec 8, 2022 · Brittney Griner’s freedom ultimately hinged on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer whose life story inspired a Hollywood film. The US basketball star was released on Thursday from...

Oct 7, 2024 · Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the United States and then swapped two years ago for the US basketball star Brittney Griner, has resumed trading weapons, according to the...

Dec 8, 2022 · Viktor Bout, an outlaw Russian arms dealer known as “The Merchant of Death,” was exchanged in a prisoner swap between the US and Russia for the safe return of WNBA star Brittney Griner on...

Dec 9, 2022 · WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in the culmination of an eight-month saga of …

Dec 9, 2022 · Viktor Bout, a convicted arms dealer nicknamed the "Merchant of Death," has been released by the U.S. in a one-for-one prisoner swap that freed women's basketball star Brittney Griner,...

Sep 8, 2023 · Viktor Bout, who was exchanged for WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic prisoner swap in December, has spoken with ESPN in his first U.S. media interview since he was released from prison. The interview with the man known as the Russian “Merchant of Death” debuted today on ESPN.com:

Dec 8, 2022 · Russia got jailed arms dealer Viktor Bout back from the United States on Thursday, after exchanging imprisoned U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for him. Bout's life reads like a spy novel.