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*since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released.

Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day.

sources:

Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters

Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html

https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime

Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.