true”Lord of WarThe 2005 film starring Nicolas Cage is just that. nicknamed “the merchant of death“Victor Bout was long considered the world’s biggest arms dealer until his arrest in Thailand in 2008.
While serving a 25-year prison sentence in the USA, the 55-year-old Russian may soon return to the country. It is the subject of negotiations between Moscow and Washington, a senior Russian diplomat confirmed on Saturday. The two countries are discussing a prisoner swap between Victor Boothe and American basketball player Brittney Greener, who was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for cannabis trafficking in Russia, and ex-soldier Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to sixteen years in prison in 2020. espionage – on the other hand.
If he partially inspired the character of Nicolas Cage (Yuri Orlov) in the film “Lord of Waris that the life of Victor Booth looks like a real spy thriller. Its very origin is shrouded in mystery…
Source: Le Figaro
