Viktor Bout, sometimes dubbed the "Merchant of Death," was arrested in a US sting operation in 2008, having spent decades smuggling Soviet-made weapons from Europe to the Middle East and Africa.

A US court has sentenced Viktor Bout, a.k.a. the “merchant of death,” to 25 years in prison. Much has been written about Bout, who supplied tyrants and terrorists the world over with weapons, often ...

MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. Russian national Viktor Bout, who was serving a prison term in the US on arms trafficking charges, has returned to Russia as a result of an agreement with the US to ...