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'Worse than Guantanamo’ - ‘Merchant of Death’ speaks out

The extradition hearing against Russian businessman Victor Bout, who is accused of arms smuggling has started in Thailand.

18.02.2009, 00:28 2 comments

Spin-a-Lord-of-War: the case of Viktor Bout

A group of congressmen addressed the new U.S. administration with a request to make the ‘delayed’ extradition of Russian businessman Viktor Bout from Thailand to the United States a priority in U.S. – Thai relations.

23.09.2008, 14:22

Merchant of Death or the Flying Dutchman of U.S. national security?

After months of delay, the court hearing of the extradition case of Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman and an alleged arms dealer, has commenced in Bangkok.

Victor Bout (AFP Photo / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

25.09.2008, 15:04

Merchant of Death or the Flying Dutchman of U.S. national security? Part 2

The current charges against Bout are based on a sting operation – a euphemism for a provocative action of law enforcement against a suspected criminal. Forbidden by law in many countries, it is widely used only by narcot

26.09.2008, 14:24

Merchant of Death or the Flying Dutchman of U.S. national security? Part 3

The book by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun, ‘Merchant of Death’ claims reliability of a scientific report but in fact it only busts a few minor legends and creates a new legend of its own – the one that may send Viktor But to prison for the re

27.09.2008, 15:28

Merchant of Death or the Flying Dutchman of U.S. national security? Part 4

Political spin is very much like a rolling snowball. You just need to get the spin to the right size, so everyone notices it, and the rest will be done by others. An associate of Viktor But’s used another metaphor: ‘they took a fish of considerable size a

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout arrives at a Criminal Court in Bangkok on October 5, 2010 (AFP Photo / Nicolas Asfouri)

10.10.2010, 22:29 2 comments

RT exclusive: the Bout files

RT has obtained documents submitted to Thai authorities by Alla Bout, wife of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who has been fighting against extradition from Thailand to the US for the past two to five years.

Viktor Bout case