Viktor Bout has received a celebrity's welcome in ... who was wearing a suit and sporting his trademark mustache. Tass later quoted Bout as saying that he has not yet decided to run in any elections.

Bout visibly shed a great deal of weight while maintaining his impervious demeanour and thick moustache. Probably born in Dushanbe in Tajikistan in 1967 in what was then the Soviet Union, Viktor ...

POLO SHIRTS, khaki pants, droopy eyes, moustache à la Carlos Santana—his look is more suburban dad than global gun-runner. Yet Viktor Bout did not earn the moniker “merchant of death” for ...

Bout was swapped for WNBA star Griner, who was detained in Russia. Shortly after U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officers arrested him in a hotel in Thailand in 2008, Viktor Bout turned to one of the ...

Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian gun dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," was released from a U.S. prison Thursday in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner. Bout, 55, is a former Soviet ...

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout returned home last week after a prisoner swap for Brittney Griner. On Monday he became a member of a far-right, ultranationalist party that backs the war in Ukraine.

Viktor Bout revealed details about his encounter with Brittney Griner during their prisoner swap. Bout said that he wished her luck and felt that she "was positively inclined" towards him.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Nick Schmidle, who met Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in prison several times, about the decision to swap him for WNBA star Britney Griner. Brittney ...

Viktor Bout gave his first interview after being freed Thursday in a prison swap that allowed Brittney Griner to return home. ZUMAPRESS.com Notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout gave his first ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner spent roughly 10 months in a Russian prison before the U.S. brought her home in exchange for Viktor Bout. Bout is a convicted Russian arms dealer who was serving a 25 ...

The US basketball star was released on Thursday from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers. Bout, a former Soviet military ...