Russia state media and lawmakers are praising Vladimir Putin for orchestrating the Viktor Bout-Brittney Griner prisoner swap with the U.S., saying America has “shown its defeat.”
host Yevgeny Popov wrote on his Telegram account that the life of Bout, who arrived back in Russia late last night --"is only beginning," according to Reuters.Maria Butina, who served 18 months in a U.S. prison after being convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, called the prisoner swap"a capitulation by America."Viktor Bout sits inside a detention cell at Bangkok Supreme Court on July 28, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, former Soviet military officer and arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout deplanes after arriving at Westchester County Airport on Nov. 16, 2010 in White Plains, New York.He was nabbed in 2008 in a sting operation at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, where he met with Drug Enforcement Administration informants who were posing as officials with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which has been classified by U.S.
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