Viktor Bout
Russian convicted illegal arms dealer
- Fame57.5
- Momentum0.0
- Journalists rank#247
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- Fame57.5
- Momentum0.0
- Journalists rank#247
- Wikipedia55.1K
Born 1967 · age 59
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Updated 2026-06-18
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout is a Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout gained the epithet the "Merchant of Death" after British minister Peter Hain read a report to the United Nations in 2003 on Bout's wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes.
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- Viktor ButLow confidencewikipedia · no.wikipedia.org
- فكتور بوتLow confidencewikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
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