US basketball star Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer dubbed the ‘Merchant of Death’
Bout has been dubbed the ‘merchant of death’ and made his name running guns after the fall of the Soviet Union.
In an address from the White House, he said the "past few months have been hell for Brittney" but she is in good spirits. In releasing Bout, the US freed a former Soviet army lieutenant colonel once described by the Justice Department as one of the world's most prolific arms dealers.
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