Extended exclusive: Interview with Viktor Bout on Brittney Griner and the prisoner swap

[@espn]

More on the story: t.ly/iB68g

[@tylerthegiraffe]

Post trade interview with an arms dealer is wild lmao

[@MKYW_Tv]

Do you have evidence of him being a arms dealer or are you just going to believe racist America and their lies

[@JokerYT306]

The only WNBA trade that people care about

[@mitchyoung93]

Literally LOL.

[@Boomhauersdad]

I almost feel like this is a publicity stunt for the wnba lol

[@MakerInMotion]

​@@BoomhauersdadIf so, it didn't work. The stands were empty at Griner's first game back.

[@revekat2053]

Who are you? No one.

[@TheJ0kerr]

USA got fleeced LMAOOOO

[@gugy68]

are you surprised? lol

[@revekat2053]

Yahweh is for us.

[@kodyscot9360]

if he is the "Merchant Of Death" ...then what do you call the U.S. government???

[@WiseProfitz]

When is 2K gonna update the rosters? He’s still not in the free agency.

[@Boomhauersdad]

Underrated comment

[@kickstandkidd254]

This is random af

[@Tactical-JG]

the music, the tone, the whole general idea behind this video is to make griner look like a victim. she is not a victim in anyway shape or form. she willingly broke the law in a country that has very different laws then we do and takes drugs very seriously. we traded her for an arms dealer literally nicknamed the merchant of death. there is a united states marine that is in the same prison she was held at and he’s been there for 7 years, but since he doesn’t dribble a basketball or have followers on instagram he doesn’t get to go home to his family. that’s the real tragedy. this country in the current state is sad and pathetic under the biden administration. shame on ESPN for posting this video when the actual victim is still in the russian prison.

[@tw3314]

And why did the Marine get arrested?

[@Tactical-JG]

@@tw3314 allegedly for violence against a russian police officer. the point is that an American hero is wrongfully in prison while someone with followers and dribbles a basketball(who also hates america) gets to come home.

[@revekat2053]

Waah. Cry me a river.

[@Tactical-JG]

@@revekat2053 you’re an idiot if you don’t see that as a problem

[@fathead8165]

Imagine this is the same chick that said USA is a terrible country but there they are saving her 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@s0meRand0m129]

she is right , they traded her for the merchant of death

[@MKYW_Tv]

The USA being ran by Caucasians is a terrible country this is amerikkka

[@MKYW_Tv]

@@s0meRand0m129his name is viktor get it right not MOD

[@s0meRand0m129]

@@MKYW_Tv SHUT UP! I DON'T CARE!!

[@MKYW_Tv]

@@s0meRand0m129 if you don’t care why did you feel the need to comment on this KZbin video

[@happy_2b_nappy]

Viktor Bout to go wild

[@sydneyg2235]

The dude is laughing at the USA right now

[@gnvtwhp1218]

Dang, espn doing VICE news now. The network that employs bullies to cyper bullied zach wilson on tv for 7 weeks straight😂

[@TheEcoClimber]

Great interview 👏🏽

[@thechosen1617]

Worst trade in WNBA history!

[@605highsprings]

I appreciate this reporting

[@stosh64]

So we get the druggie back and let a mass murderer go. Stunning and Brave...smh

[@mitchyoung93]

The guys a 'mass murderer' in the sense that the CEO of Lockheed-Martin is a 'mass murderer'.

[@MrCLARK502]

Glad you consider Mary Jane a drug I’m sure you know others who do drugs drugs fr tho and proudly sit and eat with them.

[@abrahamelnikety151]

Viktor Bout is not a mass murderer how is he worse than any defense contracter, or George Bush

[@loonywithoutune]

​@@MrCLARK502doesnt matter

[@anonymousanonymous6796]

@@loonywithoutune nothing wrong with weed

[@c0zyb34R]

Viktor was railroaded.

[@jbk19xx57]

So Y’all were able to get an interview with him.

[@jpmnky]

I’m glad they they at least didn’t edit it for Victor to say “This WAS a set up.” So there’s that. Also just letting it air period. This softy trying to lead Bout into saying Griner was some kind of victim was typical of ESPN.

[@Matthew-oq1hx]

Dumbest trade ever 😂😂😂bro is a villain

[@kodyscot9360]

if he is the "Merchant Of Death" ...then what do you call the U.S. government???

[@KingSebastian10]

ESPN slowly trying to cross over into the news or social entertainment industry. We seeing things about warlords, Singers, Food and relationships… I wonder what’s next

[@chardin1900]

Bout had a good answer. He went to prison for words

[@lordmill4572]

Sacrificing justice for the the lives of many people in exchange for a lesbian woman. Our country is going insane

[@petejohnson8397]

erybody needs to read the entire ESPN story. Its really good. Long and detailed.

[@TimWong49152]

Paul Whelan?

[@sethfelt8768]

Thumbs up USA....smh

[@Boomhauersdad]

Seems like a nice guy

[@imprintz]

Getting low on sports stories huh?

[@ckq]

Y'all posted this a year ago

[@oceanairguitarforce]

ESPN this is wild u nasty for this

[@jimmlygoodness]

What nobody mentions is that he was set to be released in 2029 anyway. It's not like we released someone doing life.

[@JoeJokes-l8j]

Griner belongs behind bars

[@Reminiscent_gaming1]

5 more years of him in jail is better than releasing him early for a WNBA player

[@Timbo360]

No one mentioned that and that’s important to know; it doesn’t make the exchange “okay” despite people’s brains short circuiting and conflating your statement in saying that, I was under the impression when I first heard of the trade he was going to be in jail until the 2040s

[@ncampos210]

Best trade in the World 😂😂😂😂😂😂 MVP Brit Griner ❤❤❤

[@RodneyBrown-f8u]

Wow he should have had to at least make to free throws and she should had hit a target at least once 😂

[@Jizzlepapi_OVO]

Was this a good idea to run?? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@11bornrich]

Putin would NEVER😂😂🤣 US fell off baddd😂

[@fredbuckswwe2kepicgameplay]

🤔

[@Matthew-oq1hx]

Lmaooo