[KEY PLAYER] Shadowy Russian Arms Dealer May Be Key To Release Of WNBA Star Brittney Griner

Russian Arms Dealer May Be Key To Release Of WNBA Star. Viktor Bout has long been the type of shadowy figure who inhabits spy novels. A convicted arms dealer who commanded a billion-dollar operation of aircraft fleets. Reportedly used to supply weapons to notorious dictators, drug lords and armies fighting wars. A Russian national and former Soviet army officer, and equal-opportunity smuggler. His deliveries are alleged to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of Africans, Afghans and others.

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