Brittney Griner and the Merchant of Death
Russia seeks to trade for the man who kept the secrets
On March 6, 2008, agents of the US Drug Enforcement Agency, backed by the Royal Thai police, forced open the door of a five-star Bangkok hotel room to capture one of the most prolific and elusive weapons peddlers in the world at the time. He was Viktor Bout, then 41, a former member of the collapsed Russian air force and known by a plethora of nicknames…
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