- 03:43 14/04/2013
Though the majority of US officials banned from Russia in response to the US blacklist published on Friday are linked high-profile cases against Russians in the United States, the judge who sentenced Russian national Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison for arms trafficking was not included in the list.
- 18:35 07/04/2013
Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, will get a new team of lawyers, his wife Alla said Sunday.
- 07:10 31/01/2013
The defense team of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, has filed an appeal against the guilty verdict, his lawyer told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
- 20:37 11/01/2013
A US-Syrian man accused of conspiring with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been arrested in Australia at the behest of the United States, which is seeking to extradite the suspect.
- 23:11 19/11/2012
The United States refused to extradite convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russia over a “formality” coupled with a set of illegitimate pretexts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- 10:36 15/11/2012
Convicted Russian international arms dealer Viktor Bout said he had expected the US Department of Justice's decision last week to turn down Moscow’s request to repatriate him to Russia.
- 02:24 10/11/2012
The US Department of Justice has refused to transfer convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russia for him to serve his prison time at home, Bout’s attorney Albert Dayan said.
- 10:59 12/10/2012
Defense lawyers for jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout claim there is new evidence to support their appeal for the case to be reconsidered.
- 18:49 23/08/2012 MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
Russia has handed to the United States documents required by the country to consider the extradition of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Russian Justice Ministry said on Thursday.
- 07:38 09/08/2012 NEW YORK, August 9 (RIA Novosti)
A lawyer of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a U.S. court in April, is seeking to postpone the deadline for appealing against the ruling for three months.
- 07:24 27/07/2012 NEW YORK, July 27 (RIA Novosti)
Jailed Russian businessman Viktor Bout is serving his term with terrorists and learning the Arabic language, his lawyer Albert Dayan told RIA Novosti.
- 23:55 17/07/2012 NEW YORK, July 17 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. attorney general is considering the possibility of extraditing two Russian nationals sentenced in the U.S. to lengthy prison terms for arms and drugs trafficking, the executive director of an international NGO said on Tuesday.
- 21:22 06/07/2012 MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti)
Alla Bout, the wife of jailed Russian businessman Viktor Bout who is serving his 25-year imprisonment in the United States, submitted on Friday an extradition request to Russia’s Justice Ministry.
- 15:28 29/06/2012 MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti)
The legal defense team of Russian businessman Viktor Bout will seek a pardon from U.S. President Barack Obama if appeals fail, Bout’s lawyer Viktor Burobin said on Friday.
- 13:16 15/06/2012 MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti)
Russia is studying the possibilities for transferring convicted Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, and ex-pilot, Konstantin Yaroshenko, to Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.
- 11:12 08/06/2012 MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti)
Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer who received a 25-year prison sentence in the United States for planning to kill U.S. nationals and sell arms to the Colombian militants, will serve his time in an Illinois prison block reserved for convicted terrorists, Russian Kommersant daily reported on Friday.
- 12:47 07/06/2012 MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti)
There will be no prisoner swap involving convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and former Federal Security Service (FSB) Colonel Valery Mikhailov who was sentenced for spying for the United States, a top security service official told RIA Novosti on Thursday on the condition of anonymity.
- 14:50 04/06/2012 NEW YORK, June 4 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. court has decided to transfer convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to a medium-security prison in Marion, Illinois after a three-party meeting between the Attorney's Office, the court and his defense, Bout's counsel Albert Dayan told RIA Novosti on Monday.
- 23:42 01/06/2012 NEW YORK, June 1 (RIA Novosti)
Conditions of imprisonment for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout have been softened and he will be transferred to medium-security prison in Marion, Illinois, his lawyer Albert Dayan said on Friday.
- 13:48 30/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, should serve his prison term in standard conditions, not as a dangerous criminal, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said on Wednesday.
- 22:00 29/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has pledged to study the possibilities of transferring convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and ex-pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko to Russia, a senior official in the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday.
- 20:34 24/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s Justice Ministry has applied for the transfer of Russian ex-pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, jailed in the U.S. for drug trafficking, to Russia, the minister said on Thursday.
- 10:10 24/05/2012 NEW YORK, May 24 (RIA Novosti)
The defense team for imprisoned Russian businessman, Viktor Bout, has started work on an appeal to Russian Ministry of Justice requesting his extradition from the U.S. as well as appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Bout’s lawyer Albert Dayan said.
- 05:07 24/05/2012 NEW YORK, May 24 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. court has sentenced a South African pilot who testified against his former associate and jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to five years in jail, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- 12:01 21/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout may be sent to Russia under the European Council-backed Russian-U.S Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, though it will require many talks from both sides on the ministerial level, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- 14:32 18/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow is ready to discuss with Washington the possibility of having convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout serve out his 25-year sentence in Russia rather than in the U.S., Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Friday.
- 00:07 16/05/2012 NEW YORK, May 16 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. prosecutors have postponed the transfer of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from his Brooklyn jail to a super maximum security prison in Colorado
- 07:27 11/05/2012 NEW YORK, May 11 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. penitentiary authority has ordered transferring convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from his Brooklyn jail to a super maximum security prison in Colorado, defense lawyer Andrei Garkusha told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 20:48 12/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti, Maria Kuchma)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been sentenced to 25 years in a U.S. jail, called on Russia on Thursday to launch a legal suit against the United States and Thailand on his behalf.
- 18:19 12/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been sentenced to 25 years in a U.S. jail, said on Thursday he would not admit his guilt or agree to any other deals or compromises with U.S. justice.
- 17:57 12/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been sentenced to 25 years in a U.S. jail, called on Russia on Thursday to launch a legal suit against the United States and Thailand on his behalf.
- 17:40 12/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been sentenced to 25 years in a U.S. jail, said on Thursday he believed that the Russian authorities would manage to arrange his return to his home country.
- 07:14 12/04/2012 WASHINGTON, April 12 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow will take all possible legal steps to ensure the repatriation of Russian businessman Viktor Bout and pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko sentenced to long prison terms in the United States
- 00:58 07/04/2012 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
Last November a federal jury in New York convicted Russian citizen Viktor Bout of conspiring to kill Americans, attempting to buy and sell missiles, and supporting terrorism through cooperation with a terrorist organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The judge has sentenced Bout to 25 years, although prosecutors had requested life in prison.
- 19:45 06/04/2012 Weekly column by Konstantin von Eggert
The hysteria surrounding Viktor Bout, a 45-year old Russian with a murky past, convicted by a U.S. court of conspiring to kill American citizens and sentenced to 25 years in jail, surpasses everything the Russian government has ever done to defend one of its citizens abroad.
- 17:50 06/04/2012
A federal court in New York has ruled in one of the most controversial cases of recent years. Russian national Viktor Bout, accused of conspiring to murder U.S. citizens, attempting to acquire and sell missiles and supporting terrorism, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
- 15:14 06/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it will take all efforts necessary to repatriate convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout after a U.S. court sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
- 11:44 06/04/2012
A federal court in New York has sentenced Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison. The businessman’s lawyers believe that judge Shira Scheindlin would have imposed a lesser sentence had she been able to.
- 04:26 06/04/2012
Viktor Bout was born January 13, 1967 in the Tajik Republic of the Soviet Union. Having built up a lucrative air cargo business, he became well-known when U.S. authorities demanded his extradition from Thailand to face prosecution on charges of arms trafficking.
- 02:15 06/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. federal judge sentenced on Thursday convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison
- 07:41 05/04/2012 NEW YORK, April 5 (RIA Novosti)
The defense of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout strongly condemned his prosecution in a letter sent to a U.S. court on the eve of his prison sentence announcement.
- 18:10 04/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has accused the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) of hypocrisy, a day before he is due to be sentenced.
- 12:34 02/04/2012 NEW YORK, April 2 (RIA Novosti)
The U.S. Justice Department has called for a sentence of 30 years imprisonment for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, his lawyer Albert Dayan said, ahead of sentencing on April 5.
- 08:04 31/03/2012 NEW YORK, March 31 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a New York federal judge to give a life sentence to convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
- 16:58 28/03/2012 NEW YORK, March 28 (RIA Novosti)
A lawyer for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is awaiting sentencing on April 5, has asked the New York Court to drop the charges against him because of “wrongful prosecution,” RIA Novosti reported.
- 02:29 22/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti)
A New York court has again postponed the sentencing of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout until April 5, on a request from his defense team
- 02:05 06/03/2012 NEW YORK, March 6 (RIA Novosti)
A New York court has postponed the sentencing of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout until March 28, a member of Bout’s defense team told RIA Novosti.
- 02:45 26/02/2012 NEW YORK, February 26 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been transferred to a “general population” prison in Brooklyn after spending 15 months in a solitary confinement, a member of his defense team told RIA Novosti.
- 12:42 25/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti)
A federal judge in New York has ordered Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to be removed from solitary confinement.
- 15:52 13/02/2012 NEW YORK, February 13 (RIA Novosti, Larisa Saenko)
The United States are “the world’s cancer,” American media is the same as Nazi propaganda, and Vladimir Lenin was right, said Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who was convicted of arms smuggling in New York.
- 03:45 11/02/2012 NEW YORK, February 11 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Friday doubted that Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout deserves solitary confinement as a specially dangerous criminal, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom.
- 16:37 09/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti)
The New York court's rejection of an appeal by Russian citizen Viktor Bout, convicted last year of arms dealing, raises questions about the independence and impartiality of the judicial system of the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 04:10 09/02/2012 NEW YORK, February 9 (RIA Novosti)
A New York court has rejected an appeal from Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout against his conviction on arms trafficking charges and set his sentencing for March 12.
- 02:21 08/02/2012 NEW YORK, February 8 (RIA Novosti)
The lawyer of Russian national Viktor Bout, convicted in the U.S. on arms trafficking charges, requested a court to improve his client's incarceration conditions.
- 19:41 02/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti)
A court in New York postponed the sentencing of Russian national Viktor Bout, who was found guilty of arms trafficking last November, Kommersant said on Thursday.
- 06:46 08/01/2012 NEW YORK, January 8 (RIA Novosti)
The New York Office of the Attorney General called on the judge to reject an appeal against the guilty verdict of Russian national Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking.
- 11:19 22/12/2011 NEW YORK, December 22 (RIA Novosti)
A court in New York turned down convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout's appeal that argued the impartiality of at least one juror in his conviction last month was in doubt, a RIA reporter said.
- 10:44 29/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 29 (RIA Novosti)
Jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was convicted by a U.S. jury of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists and sell arms, has been granted a special vegan diet that he had long requested in the New York jail, Bout’s lawyer, Andrey Garkusha said on Tuesday.
- 03:31 28/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 28 (RIA Novosti)
New York prosecutors see no reason to doubt the jury verdict in the case of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout
- 01:54 12/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 12 (RIA Novosti)
Lawyers for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been found guilty on all counts by U.S. jury, have appealed the verdict citing ‘prejudice’ on the part of at least one juror.
- 16:24 11/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti)
The United States is not considering the possibility of sending convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout home to Russia, a U.S. Department of State official said on Friday.
- 07:49 11/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout plans to ask Russian authorities to pass his case to an international court, the Kommersant daily reported.
- 17:09 09/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow demands that Washington ensure humane treatment for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 09:43 09/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 9 (RIA Novosti)
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout does not believe in the prospect of an impartial decision of his case by a new jury if he appeals, he said in a statement.
- 00:10 05/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 4 (RIA Novosti)
Lawyers for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been found guilty on all counts by U.S. jury, said will challenge his verdict based on a n interview one of the jurors gave the New York Times daily.
- 18:29 03/11/2011
A jury of the New York Federal Court in Manhattan has found Russian businessman Viktor Bout guilty on all four counts.
- 16:51 03/11/2011
An Occupy Wall Street movement protester went to a U.S. Federal Court building in New York City to support Viktor Bout who has been found guilty on all counts. Watch this RIA Novosti video footage showing his protest.
- 16:32 03/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) –
Russia expects Viktor Bout to appeal his conviction in the United States on charges of illegal arms dealing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 11:30 03/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti)
Russia said on Thursday it would push for Viktor Bout’s return following his conviction in an arms deal case by the United States.
- 10:43 03/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti)
Russia said on Thursday it would push for Viktor Bout’s return following his conviction in an arms deal case by the United States.
- 23:17 02/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 2 (RIA Novosti)
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been found guilty on all counts by a jury in the Federal District Court of New York.
- 22:27 02/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 2 (RIA Novosti)
The Federal New York District Court will announce the sentence for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was found guilty on all four charges, on February 8.
- 22:15 02/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 2 (RIA Novosti)
The jury in New York Federal Court found Russian reputed arms dealer Viktor Bout guilty on all four charges.
- 02:01 01/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 1 (RIA Novosti)
Jury deliberations in a U.S. trial against alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout have been postponed until Tuesday due to lengthy closing remarks by prosecution and defense.
- 05:32 19/10/2011 NEW YORK, October 19 (RIA Novosti)
One of the highest-paid informants of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) started giving his testimony in a trial against alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
- 02:11 17/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who has been sentenced to 20 years in jail in the United States for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to the country earlier this year, said he believed that his trial was linked to the prosecution of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
- 22:45 14/10/2011 Yevgeny Belenky, RIA Novosti
Russian businessman Viktor Bout is no stranger to bad press, but nothing could have prepared him for the media storm unleashed by the start of his trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.
- 05:40 13/10/2011 NEW YORK, October 13 (RIA Novosti)
Witnesses began to testify during the second day of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout's trial.
- 21:59 12/10/2011 NEW YORK, October 12 (RIA Novosti)
A lawyer of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Wednesday that his client never intended to sell weapons to Colombian rebels.
- 23:58 11/10/2011 NEW YORK, October 11 (RIA Novosti)
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has no illusions about the impartiality of the U.S. justice system and is sure of a guilty verdict, his wife said on Tuesday.
- 02:04 11/10/2011 NEW YORK, October 11 (RIA Novosti)
The trial of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout will start on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- 21:09 19/09/2011 BANGKOK, September 19 (RIA Novosti)
Lawyers for alleged international arms trafficker Viktor Bout will seek his return to Thailand from the United States, where he was extradited in November 2010, lawyer Lac Nitiwat Wichan said on Monday.
- 23:06 07/09/2011 NEW YORK, September 7 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. judge on Wednesday disagreed during a pre-trial hearing with prosecutors who insisted that alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout traded in weapons, saying that he only transported them.
- 03:51 07/09/2011 NEW YORK, September 7 (RIA Novosti)
Candidates for a jury panel in the upcoming trial of suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout may have to answer as many as 112 questions posed by prosecution and defense, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
- 09:31 19/08/2011 NEW YORK, August 19 (RIA Novosti)
A lawyer for suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has sent a note to a federal court in New York, saying the former Air Force officer went to Bangkok three years ago to negotiate the purchase of aircraft.
- 12:08 12/08/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev
A court in Bangkok on Wednesday looked into the circumstances of Viktor Bout's extradition to the United States.
- 22:30 11/08/2011 NEW YORK, August 11 (RIA Novosti)
The family of the alleged international arms trafficker Viktor Bout is hoping that the Thai judicial authorities will rule the decision to extradite him to the United States illegal, his wife Alla Bout said on Thursday.
- 01:55 03/08/2011 NEW YORK, August 2 (RIA Novosti)
A judge denied a request to end an arms trafficking case against Russian businessman Viktor Bout and his trial will begin as scheduled, a lawyer told RIA Novosti.
- 22:39 29/07/2011 NEW YORK, July 29 (RIA Novosti)
New York's South District prosecutors have sent a memorandum to the Federal Court showing arguments they will produce before a jury on a case against Russian businessman Viktor Bout, dubbed by the press as the Merchant of Death.
- 23:02 21/07/2011 NEW YORK, July 21 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian national will give testimony in the case of the alleged international arms trafficker Viktor Bout, Bout's lawyer Albert Dayan said on Thursday.
- 07:29 28/05/2011
Albert Dayan, a lawyer for Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout, sent an appeal to the New York Federal Court asking to close the case and calling it as 'politicized.'
- 22:35 05/05/2011
A U.S. court partially satisfied on Thursday an appeal from lawyers defending accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and extended a deadline for submission of appeals on his extradition from Thailand.
- 13:45 05/05/2011
New York prosecutors issued a memorandum on Thursday in which they agreed not to refer to suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as "the Merchant of Death."
- 05:19 19/04/2011
Lawyers for alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in a U.S. prison on conspiracy charges, have lodged an appeal on the illegality of their client's prosecution in the United States.
- 02:31 12/04/2011
A Russian cargo pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, whom the United States accuse of drug trafficking, was offered to testify against alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for a milder penalty.
- 11:12 22/03/2011
Thailand's prime minister, Abhisit Wechachiwa, said on Tuesday that neither he nor his Cabinet made the decision to extradite Russia's alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States.
- 16:11 10/03/2011
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed rumors on Thursday that it is planning to repatriate alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout through a swap deal with the United States.
- 15:49 10/03/2011
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed rumors on Thursday that it is planning to repatriate alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout through a swap deal with the United States.
- 05:27 10/03/2011
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout claims that Russian authorities have never responded to his requests for legal assistance in a case that could put him in a U.S. prison for life.
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