Amy Knight
Moscow and the ‘Merchant of Death’
Considered one of the world’s most prolific weapons traffickers, Victor Bout has become the object of a high-level tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow over US efforts to extradite him from Thailand, where he is being held. Yet amid all the speculation about Russia’s interest in the case, one of the more revealing clues about Bout’s Kremlin connections has gone largely unnoticed.
September 2, 2010