VIDEO: Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout Prisoner Exchange At UAE Airport (Watch Full Video)
On the tarmac of an airport in the United Arab Emirates, Russian weapons dealer Viktor Bout is seen exchanging places with Brittney Griner in a video that was provided by the Russian news agency Tass. Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout Prisoner Exchange In the footage, Griner can be seen going with three other males…
On the tarmac of an airport in the United Arab Emirates, Russian weapons dealer Viktor Bout is seen exchanging places with Brittney Griner in a video that was provided by the Russian news agency Tass.
Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout Prisoner Exchange
In the footage, Griner can be seen going with three other males while wearing a red shirt and short hair. The other individuals are not identified. The gang is getting closer to Bout, who is now being joined by another suited guy.
After that, one of the guys who were with Griner offered Bout a handshake and then pulled him in for a hug. Following this, Griner leaves with the American guy who had been acting as Bout’s bodyguard.
Обнародованы видеокадры обмена россиянина Виктора Бута на американку Бриттни Грайнер:https://t.co/hs1cFtHbOs
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— ТАСС (@tass_agency) December 8, 2022
The trade that took place between the United States Brittney Griner and Russia’s Viktor Bout has now been shown on video
She was granted her freedom from the colony, and a specialized jet transported her to the location of the trade. The young woman in the video declares, “I’m happy,” Immediately, permission was granted for Viktor Bout to communicate with his family. On the phone, he informed his mother, “We met well, and everything is fine. I love you,”
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that the Russian citizen Viktor Bout, who was serving a prison term in the United States on charges of arms trafficking, was returned to Russia as a result of an agreement with the United States to exchange him for the American basketball player Brittney Griner, who was convicted in Russia for drug smuggling. The original charges against Viktor Bout stemmed from an incident in which he was accused of trafficking arms. The transaction took conducted in Abu Dhabi, and at the moment, a charter aircraft operated by But is en route to Moscow from Makhachkala, where it stopped for refueling.
In 2008, Bout was taken into custody in Bangkok based on a warrant that had been obtained by a Thai court at the request of the United States. The Colombian rebel group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which is considered to be a terrorist organization by the United States government, leveled accusations of illicit arms trafficking against the Russian national. After being held in custody for an additional year, Bout was finally extradited to the United States in 2010. In April of the same year, he was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in jail along with a fine of $15 million.
