‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout now part of a deal himself

Brittney Griner arrives back in US after prisoner swap with Russian 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout

The WNBA star, who was serving a nine-year sentence in Russia, was flown to San Antonio, Texas.

Brittney Griner arrived in Texas: Brittney Griner, who is the basketball star freed in exchange for Viktor Bout

The champion was bullied when she was a child. At 23, she declared herself a lesbian, and in 2015 she was arrested for a fight with her partner. Then the divorce and the...

Why Russia would only trade Brittney Griner for 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout

Who is Viktor Bout, known as the ‘Merchant of Death’, Released in Exchange for Brittney Griner

The notorious arms dealer Victor Bout arrived in Russia on Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. He was part of the prisoner swap deal which saw Russia release US basketball player Brittney Griner

Who is Viktor Bout, the ‘Merchant of Death’, swapped for US basketball star Brittney Griner?

Depending on whom you ask, the 55-year-old Viktor Bout is a swashbuckling businessman unjustly imprisoned after an overly aggressive US sting operation or a peddler of weapons whose sales fuelled some of the world’s worst conflicts and earned him the ‘Merchant of Death’ moniker

Viktor Bout: Why Moscow’s ‘Merchant of Death’ was key to bringing Brittney Griner home

The life of Viktor Bout reads like a spy thriller.