Viktor Bout: "The Merchant of Death"

The DEA agents who caught alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout explain how they lured and then captured the suspect one of them calls "one of the most dangerous men on the face of the Earth." Armen Keteyian reports.

[@bjkearns2]

12 years after this clip...we traded an extremely dangerous man for weed smoking basketball player.

[@elseascotty9346]

Smh i hate blm this ish can’t stand denounce Biden

[@juanvilleda8377]

"the most extremely dangerous man the on face of planet earth"🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ADDVCTXDMUSIC]

@@juanvilleda8377 tell me someone more dangerous at this point please?

[@ADDVCTXDMUSIC]

Juan Villeda was he supporting Al Qaeda and other dictators? I don't think so; the US government is terrible but if you think anyones more dangerous than Viktor Bout you need to actually read about Viktor Bout

[@flaviusjconstantius]

A weed smoking FEMALE basketball player. It would’ve been bad enough with some random NBA player, but we really decided to release this boy for someone who is watched by 10 “fans” max all season.

[@calebboyer9793]

"Rarely does the US want anybody, more than they wanted this man." What a great opening line.

[@mattmcclellan4011]

How incredibly embarassing

[@calebdixon784]

Ye embarrassing not only the hypocrisy which is acceptable tbh because we are American well most of us here but the dumb trade for an it she etc

[@wallwrittR]

“How embarrassing “ ~Prequel Yoda

[@dls951]

looks like Joetato wanted Brittney Gainer more, if a Biden supporter can explain this lunacy, that would be great.....

[@TheNataliasmith]

That opening line did not age well 😩😞

[@davids6698]

Can't imagine how upset the agents working on this case are. All that effort, all those resources for a capture that's now a chess piece in a political game

[@user-uj8sm5pu3o]

The finale of the movie The Lord of War ends the same way. Agents are great, everyone can disperse. The film was shot about Viktor Bout, and the film turned out to be prophetic on 08/12/2022.

[@shivanshna7618]

There is chance he will target those agents families

[@Djpremium]

That’s what I’m wondering too

[@nobodycares2164]

to condemn a person not for crimes, but for the fact that he is Russian. Typical fascist state.

[@divacroft1034]

Hello Mr putin...LORD OF FUKIN WAR here..IM BACK FROM HOLIDAY...want 5k tons of C4 in ukraine? I can deliver it by tuesday... As bonus i add few dozen k of ak :D

[@andreykotovsky]

This aged like fine milk

[@charlieparker5950]

Right?😂

[@vamack1527]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@noblelewis4620]

Hahaha one of the funniest comments

[@bclark08181]

Spoiled milk….

[@birdness]

You've never had an original thought in your life.

[@JackJackJack123]

CBS will now tell us that he really wasn’t all that bad.

[@reesefc3114]

Literally

[@ADDVCTXDMUSIC]

😂😂😂

[@kevlandon]

He now identifies as a good person, so it's fine

[@BigWickEnergy_]

@@kevlandon 😂😂😂😂 facts.

[@user-uj8sm5pu3o]

As a result, as in the finale of the film, the Lord of War

[@juanvilleda8377]

Who’s here after his release

[@divinelyleo2162]

Me!

[@divinelyleo2162]

I want to know more about this man

[@juanvilleda8377]

Bro this is crazy af... I want to know what Nicolas Cage gotta say

[@keithjackson2035]

Me. He seems to be really good at his craft.

[@mikeh7917]

All you mean conservatives that want to score cheap political points even though appeasing the LGBTHSKFKEJXB+++ community is WAAAY more important than holding a harmless geezer.

[@weedo3]

Thank God he's in jail forever. It would be disastrous if he ever got out.

[@bluedollaz3331]

Hahaha this guy a legend they need to let him out

[@MissMaweja]

He was just released 😓

[@josephruffin6360]

😂😂😂

[@officialjdez]

Lmaooo I had never heard such a clear sarcastic tone through text until your comment 🤣

[@73elephants]

Intrepid KGB agent Biden has busted him out, haha!

[@Ronbo710]

Bout's only crime was not having an eagle on his ID .

[@calgar42k]

He ll be extrated from the US in a few weeks

[@InitialFailure]

Uh, well I think it's the crap tons of weapons he illegally sold but yea.

[@kingofsaturn555]

@@calgar42k how wrong is wrong the answer is wrong

[@carloreid3545]

Lol

[@andreykotovsky]

@@calgar42k well...

[@187mrsmith]

Basically the government hated that he was better at their hustle than they were simple

[@Bigdaddychris197]

Yeah pretty much

[@jaygill5582]

He should have give them their "tribute"

[@brianmoatlhodi8444]

Facts

[@grantashcraft7659]

So we're about to let this guy go, after keeping him in cage for a decade, for a basketball player...

[@uscbro69]

Hahahaha

[@AppaloosaDreams]

The idea of releasing Bout from prison, is insane.

[@kaydensevison7318]

Woman’s basketball player at that

[@StanWareTheIconic]

Who brings weed to a country at war!? A female basketball player, that's who.

[@infinitelinkblog]

@@StanWareTheIconic war started 4 days after she landed

[@christopherjordan6380]

And all it took was a multi-million dollar athlete with a vape pen to get him released. What a world

[@mitchellkimball3442]

Hey there a hundreds of wnba fans that would have been devastated if she didn’t come back. He will just go back to his old peaceful ways and the world will be a much better place 🙏🏻

[@SaTuHsFy714]

she ain't worth multi millions`

[@Zm-jt4uf]

wnba💀💀

[@ttdttd4211]

Uh... She? She is a man baby . Got that deep male voice.

[@tabasco9070]

12 years ago you would never think this dude had anything to do with a wnba player

[@divacroft1034]

you mean drugs trafficker?

[@Mellow84]

Gay Black dope smoking WNBA Player

[@icyx9268]

@@Mellow84 haha

[@reggiemass909]

He didn't transform warrior boys into mindless psychopaths...the warlords did that by feeding them drugs and human hearts.

[@michaelsamael2307]

Exactly.

[@rodneyrogers3023]

Thank you!

[@hairyrope1912]

Imagine believing that the US government had no idea who he was or what services they bought from him

[@KyleGravesLive]

For real, he had great deals I’m sure for the US, it’s not illegal when the US buys from the merchant of death

[@b1bbscraz3y]

literally the CIA was just mad he cut in on their business

[@jimmiematho8082]

It's come out he's made over 1,100 deliveries for the US in the Middle East

[@carmelogutierrez5298]

Where can I learn more about this ?

[@dwl3006]

I believe it, the U.S. government is not one singular entity but dozens if not hundreds of competing offices and branches that often don't communicate with each other. Top that off with the fact that all of them are incompetent.

[@Latsaab]

Who in their right mind would trade a charizard for a magikarp?

[@ElJefe-47]

Fr, what was Russia thinking 🤦‍♂️ W for US

[@roderickwilliams67]

🤣🤣🤣 I can't

[@TH-mh1pk]

For a shiny magikarp? Il do that trade...🙃

[@Latsaab]

@@TH-mh1pk hmmm🤔

[@R4Clover7]

Nah, a magikarp has potential to become something great, she a ratatat.

[@Luchoveli]

And this is who the Biden administration wants to trade for Britney griner 🤣🤣🤦

[@adrianblount8049]

Right I’m here for it

[@lenniejones1061]

Exactly!! Free this man😂😂 he sold guns even to America troops at a point… free this man, they had to set him up to arrest him. I would be mad too if I was Russian ..

[@MrQuikz123]

Well he officially got traded now lmao

[@brotherlogicrmf2199]

Get off Joe Biden's back, he's just trying his best to desperately help democratic House of Representatives and senators get reelected in September. He's also about to forgive student loans before midterm elections. During an inflation and a possible recession. Get off Joe Biden's back, allow him to f*** up the country.

[@Luchoveli]

Biden is officially the weakest president in US history

[@christiancarey3814]

Dude was so good at his job the US even did business with him

[@michaelpeterson1482]

After viewing this segment I am absolutely convinced that the most unequal prisoner exchange in the history of prisoner exchanges was made when they traded Bout for Grinder.

[@alb12345672]

I think he is a changed man. He wished Griner the best of luck and he would love to shoot a game with her.

[@megaranhas7301]

My question is who of the two of them hates America more

[@grandmasterschwank]

@@megaranhas7301 grinder most definitely bout made too much off our government to hate it

[@detectiveandy6323]

it was a great trade; Bout was only averaging 5 pts. and 2 rebounds a game!

[@generaldave6873]

The DEA calling someone trouble is priceless.

[@alanrogs3990]

The hypocrisy is off the charts on this "story"

[@InitialFailure]

Oh man, you're so edgey.

[@hansj.hobein5762]

The US arms any "terrorist" group to commit regime change. Then call it civil war justifying invasion.

[@Guitarisforgrins]

@@alanrogs3990 exactly

[@jimmytwotimes802]

The pot calling the kettle black. The DEA and CIA have armed the most dangerous people on earth, it’s ok for them though because it helps their agenda. They have literally armed the people that took the twin towers down. At one point in Syria the DOD backed rebels were fighting the CIA backed terrorists who included members of Al-Queda. American taxpayers were paying for the bullets on both sides of the battle.

[@ihorcherepakha9525]

"His empire so sophisticated, so complex, hidden behind a thick curtain of front companies that even the US government unwittingly contracted with two of his companies". Now he is free...

[@analfloss453]

US will do business again with him. This time, with all the weapons in Afghanistan, he will be selling American arms by the ton

[@analfloss453]

And Pennies on the dollar lol

[@NotShowingOff]

None of this works without Putin. None of it

[@Jaqen_Hghar]

The US "unwittingly" did business with him _wink wink_

[@b1bbscraz3y]

"unwittingly". someone believes in Santa Claus

[@calebwithers3845]

The intro alone makes the Griner trade absolutely LAUGHABLE....what a joke

[@kairosquerencia4011]

Yes, Russia, China and Iran think the current Leftist US government is the joke of the decade ....and they seem determined prove it time and time again.

[@ElJefe-47]

Cry

[@calebwithers3845]

@@ElJefe-47 Killer burn 👍

[@reesefc3114]

Can’t wait to watch the Sprite Lay Up Cam now that Viktor Bout is freed “ most dangerous man on the face of the earth”

[@cliffords2315]

Brandon Strikes again

[@reesefc3114]

@@cliffords2315 ?

[@mercandog507]

@@cliffords2315 where are the wmds?

[@sjewitt22]

How these people can be such hypocrits is amazing.

[@alanrogs3990]

These US gov't guys are such pig liars.

[@TheCiaMKultra]

Totally ! The us government just granted Ukraine 150 mil in Arms deals to supply and support their army . Which the "need" ( debatable ) to fend off an Army that dwarfs their front line . All the money goes back to the 1% who own the arm dealerships ! Just a circle of violence that innocent 😇 people get caught up in the money power grab ! Disgusting to see man's inhumanity to man .........

[@antontrapkov9129]

So American so naive so fake

[@lahaina4791]

Practice makes perfect.

[@rankful]

top 5 arms dealer of all time. GOAT numbers

[@schmitty5461]

1:25 "He transformed these young adolescent blah blah blah" They where cutting each others arms of since before he just upgraded there equipment. Not saying it was right but come on.

[@Ellieangel777]

Really you traded him for a stoner basketballer? I'm sure she would have gotten out of jail eventually they couldn't keep her in jail forever for that offense, But to release this guy is absolutely ridiculous I smell a conspiracy going on here.... Something tells me they were just looking for an excuse to let this guy go free

[@lahaina4791]

The swap bought millions of votes.

[@mediocreman6323]

1:27 - “He transferred these young adolescent warriors into incidious mindless […] killing machines” - yeah, right, without that arms dealer, they would have been kind and peace loving snuggles, each and every one of them…

[@chodeoriki4113]

@Adam O'Hare sad but true.

[@crand20033]

The Russians want this guy in exchange for Britney Griner. I don't think that's a fair deal. He is a deadly threat to all Americans.

[@naturaleixo924]

This!!!!

[@IvanDiazpalbatey]

The US military does this on a daily basis.

[@eMPee584]

can't be tried for arson if you only poured the gasoline but didn't light the match, right..?

[@Connor_Dempsey]

If Trump released Viktor Bout they would impeach Trump again

[@badger297]

Can we stfu about Trump already?

[@davidnavarro4821]

BS, Trump literally released 5K Talibans in the wild for his botched peace deal.

[@Herman47]

Trump got 5,000 Taliban Terrorists sprung from prison -- no impeachment whatsoever for that, Connor.

[@billmoran3219]

Funny how they washed over the fact that the feds did business with this guy. DEA should have been investigating that further too.

[@mrdragonage7446]

I don't understand why DEA is meddling in this. It is not even their area.

[@wicked1rish]

@@mrdragonage7446 what do you mean?

[@lahaina4791]

@@wicked1rish Really?

[@aminsoudani5673]

He made more money than them that's the main reason

[@dwightstjohn6927]

Lord of War: "your boss, the President, who sells MORE GUNS IN A DAY than I do in a year.................."!!

[@michaelsamael2307]

And thats very true.

[@Seth9809]

But they weren't sold to Charles Taylor......

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Tevo77777 You missed the part before that line. The government doesn’t always want their fingerprints on it, that’s why they need freelancers like me Something along those lines

[@Seth9809]

@@FormerGovernmentHuman Yeah, but like 99% of the sales made by the US and Russia are made to other states. Basically, no American firm or politian is making serious money off selling guns to broke terrorist or right wing groups. They're making billions off selling fighter jets to like Canadia or somewhere.

[@mrdragonage7446]

@@Seth9809 and where did you get that information? Did the white house and Kremlin gave you that info on a silver platter, 77777 agent?

[@darylhenry9595]

60 Minutes should interview the agents that spent so much to time to catch this guy and ask them about how they feel about him being released for not good reason

[@b1bbscraz3y]

they should also ask everyone in the US government who did business with him and literally contributed to his profits why they did that when they knew all this same information

[@mesropmadzharyan6727]

Let’s trade him for a gay basketball player .

[@edricklawrenceong7776]

Call him evil for selling arms, but know that the largest arms suppliers in the world are the governments of the USA, Russia, China, France, and the UK, the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council.

[@InitialFailure]

Selling stolen weapons*

[@ankitsaggi2039]

someone's been watching lord of war

[@Blacklist324]

You mean his employers.

[@Herman47]

There's a big difference between governments selling weapons to other governments, and a rogue arms dealer arming anti-democratic guerillas seeking to violently overthrow governments.

[@ashplattsii1fan92]

@@Herman47 😂 these countries literally do that everyday but ol bout is so "dangerous"

[@leonaza7.273]

2008 “This is the most dangerous man in the world…We got the Merchant of DEATH!” ⚰️2022 “ He isn’t dangerous, basically equal to a weed smoking basketball player.” ⛹🏾‍♀️🏀🤷🏽

[@starhunter7275]

Because she's black.. lol

[@b1bbscraz3y]

2005 "the US government doing business with him literally contributing to his profits". but that apparently doesn't matter to you? or what

[@ashplattsii1fan92]

@@b1bbscraz3y don't expect more thinking from bootlickers, they think America didnt do business with him or that there isn't americans doing the same thing as him

[@antipro4483]

He isn't dangerous anymore. The entire indurstry is built on trust and Connections. after spending 15 years in prison He has neither. Most of His old contacts are dead or in prison. Those that are still Out there don't want anything to do with him, because he is being watched by multiple Secret services and can't be trusted

[@increasekru5123]

So we trade Viktor Bout "The Merchant of Death" for WNBA player Brittany Griner, anyone that watches this video seriously knows that the United States would be absolutely crazy to make this trade.

[@BTM866]

So only a matter of time until the trade is made then 😂

[@hudsonr.743]

@@BTM866 We at least need a first round pick out of this deal

[@blakemoorhead8966]

Trade Tom Brady for a child

[@thebeast4854]

Welp

[@kellyrateau1068]

About that 😂

[@Vilatkahang]

Top salesman for many years and that’s without a business degree from Harvard or Yale! Just pure guts, talent and great connections

[@WJWeber]

He was a lt col or something and was fluent in 6 languages. Very smart and elusive character

[@BigWickEnergy_]

In field experience is king

[@moechonguns]

First 45 seconds can simply tell you why this trade would be worse than the 1975 bucks trading Kareem to the Lakers

[@ryemc915]

CIA USED HIM WHEN IN BENEFITED THEM

[@stevegable2707]

I have to say I hate the way governments keep using "terrorist" as an umberella word for their agenda !

[@Eric-steele]

Pot calling the kettle black

[@jaygill5582]

Can we use African American instead?

[@leonaza7.273]

2008 “The game is over…..” 2022 “we’re back baby!” 🎉😂🏀🏀

[@lennymecca968]

I haven’t gotten through the first 30 seconds of this and I already know it’s aged like fine wine. Unreal we let this happen.

[@jackstoltz1379]

You have to think he hated the American capitalist. And our government hates America and capitalist aka the democrat communist hate the Republic. They take care of there own

[@blackmatterlives9865]

"Trade him for the basketball guy"- Biden

[@joeylewis2912]

So we just traded the " merchant of death " for a pot smoking lesbian basketball player sounds like a good trade good job joe biden

[@cornonthecob1268]

It's Joseph Biden!@

[@donw3861]

LGBTQ+ and BLM is all that matters.... 😜👍🥰

[@connorriley7511]

I wonder how these guys feel now, all that hard work just to let him walk and not even get the better end of the deal smh.

[@ryanharris9196]

I've never gone to a comment section so fast in my life

[@GGMcMurray]

And democrats talk bout gun control

[@markblocker4969]

The interview we need now is from that detective 😂

[@thedwightguy]

I started watching "Sixty Minutes" when it debuted, got a degree in political science, and now that I have seven decades under my belt of life experience, I'm not as comfortable watching this one sided "US, the good guys with white hats, AGAINST THEM, the dark side that's always guilty of everything. Life isn't that simple. EVEN IF you stormed the steps of Congress you should know that.

[@alanrogs3990]

60 Minutes today is for the mentally challenged

[@prodogtwodogman3857]

Don’t feel so bad, Democrats let him go.

[@aldogaviria3181]

American News Media 2010: “Victor Bout is a dangerous man and must be stopped” American News Media 2022 after he was traded for Britney Griner: “Ehh Bout isn’t that bad”

[@xykeem4805]

Hold on ..wtf 😭😭 ABORT MISSION ‼️ DON’T MAKE THE TRADE 😂

[@midaszay213]

Nothing funny about keem millions of lives are at risk all because of bg. Sad part is she kneeled during Americas 🇺🇸 national anthem and now wants to be saved at the risk of other peoples lives.

[@robdlc438]

I’m surprised this hasn’t been censored yet. Maybe they’ll just edit it and say the DEA profiled him and set him up.

[@fartkerson]

Despite the proof that this hasn't been censored by it's existence alone you have somehow proven to yourself that it's already been censored. It's like you're propagandizing yourself with your own stupidity.

[@chrishutchinson7611]

They used this guy to do the dirty work. They even admitted they worked with him

[@aqeel-3771]

still are because he is a ghost prisoner which may imply his been let out and carrying doing business and sometime it is embarrassing for OUR commander in chief "the US President " to get his finger prints dirty.

[@adamcuneo7189]

"We got this man in custody, it's an absolutely great feeling." Lmao, and I bet he would never have imagined or expected of what would happen 12 years later.

[@that1guy167]

I wonder if he voted for Biden? And if he did I wonder if he regrets it. Laughing not laughing

[@user-td6rb]

those DEA agents are definitely seething rn

[@brianhassett1994]

I'm seething!

[@goEZfuller9]

USA don't like competition

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

Not only did we release this menace, but for an "athlete" who I bet if you asked her fans about her stats and career, couldn't tell you crap

[@dwl3006]

Her career is irrelevant.

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

@@dwl3006 actually it is, if your important enough to release a terriost, than your so called fans should be able to tell why your so important.

[@dwl3006]

@@idkwhatsgoingon4584 Her citizenship is what makes her important, not her career. Imagine if a 15-year-old American citizen was arrested or held hostage, and you'd say "oh but they don't even have a career so let's leave them to rot or die" I am not even saying we should have made the deal, but whether we should or shouldn't have, has absolutely F all to do with her career. She was an American citizen and that's all that's needed to warrant the protection of the United States. Just think about Israel's policies towards its citizens.

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

@@dwl3006 so we ingoring the fact that the Marine and teacher are also Us Citizens bit were fine leaving them there

[@idkwhatsgoingon4584]

@@dwl3006 plus idc if their 15 or a citizen, it's not worth realizing a terrorist over

[@youlikedyourowncomment5151]

So they want to trade a wnba player who couldnt dunk on command for a guy 2 people in this doc said is "the most dangerous person on the planet", "THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON ON THE PLANET!!!!!", sounds like a fair trade.

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

A WNBA player with a skeleton tattoo and See No Evil.

[@ZombieProdigyUS]

Why don't they just mind their business and let him sell??? Not our country, not our problem.

[@dillhole2800]

Zombie Prodigy it can easily become your problem lmao

[@pastamane7167]

cuz hes evil

[@huzcer]

You don't really understand then how the US created 9-11 for itself in Afghanistan in the 1980's

[@Calvbread]

Wtf

[@Nolaready]

Viktor probably watching this, smoking a fat cigar, still in shock that the United States traded him for a lesbian. 😂😂😂

[@hoochdeeznuts5270]

Love how they threw him under the bus while the majority of the time he was running guns for the federal government

[@loone7256]

I wonder how these guys are feeling about all this work being ruined for Britney griner 🤣🤣

[@YusuphYT]

What work. The man is as innocent as we are. We commit these same crimes everyday. We should be hung with him. Otherwise let him go!

[@keeloweoac9397]

Woah

[@wicked1rish]

not sure why its funny. its fken sad

[@b1bbscraz3y]

"all this work" as if they didn't know everything about where he was as a result of literally contributing to his profits by doing business with him. hmm, strange virtue signaling going on here recently

[@Xxmeca421xX]

This will go down in history as the worst trade of prisoners by a president.

[@wills2140]

lol It is not even in the top 5

[@steveo999]

Lord of war II in the making I guess? Hopefully Brittany gets a cameo

[@baomao7243]

ROFL

[@TH-mh1pk]

Lord of War 2 with special guest, Brittany Griner!

[@damianb2702]

it's like putting a car salesman in jail because car accidents kill people.

[@hoedemakerbart]

yeah, he only sold weapons. But he sold it on the black market, that's why they wanted him.

[@lou4781]

That is one of the most idiotic analogies I've ever heard.

[@damianb2702]

spudnic88 i can bet you I am way more educated than you are boy.

[@KA-iq2ko]

car salesman? what about automobile manufacturers?

[@crand20033]

You can go anywhere to buy cars. But plotters against US interests can't just go anywhere to buy a weapons like stinger missiles, grenades, and five hundred AK-47's.

[@bobdollaz3391]

I would've freed Bout and told Russia to keep Brad Grinder

[@cpmow831]

“Unknowingly worked with two of his companies”. Just like there were WMDs in Iraq…

[@MrKryonix]

This is just the alphabet agencies taking out competition, the largest arms dealers in the world are the alphabets.

[@hoondaily270]

I wish they would holler at all the boog boiz and cut us a deal we also like guns !!

[@malcolmferguson4869]

Biden released this man in exchange for a basketball player...

[@ReadTheMusic]

Viktor Bout, Barry Seal. All legends. I'm not saying they're moral, legal or right; I'm just saying they're legends.

[@randomcenturion7264]

This is true

[@markocroatia1]

And both worked for the CIA

[@deficator750]

and he even got out

[@kartiersupremewhite330]

Extremely interesting and informative. 12/08/22 HE HAS BEEN RELEASED.

[@joerogaine3093]

We should've at least gotten the imprisoned US Marine for him.

[@wicked1rish]

Nah... he was a marine and anyone who defends America for its freedoms is public enemy #1 to the democrats. If he had spit on our country we would have got him back though

[@johnsonfoster7903]

this is the dude we’re swapping for brittney Griner?

[@bersanji]

Why not. She deserves the deal.

[@AppaloosaDreams]

Insane.

[@KillyJoe]

If this guy ever leads to the death of another human being….

[@luisk6007]

Russia better throw in some protected first round picks in the Britney trade smh

[@---kr3zg]

Lmao 🤣

[@optimusprime-fr4rc]

Lol . They traded this monster guy for britney 😂😂

[@MadeBySwan_]

How tf you predict this 🤔

[@fleischwolf82]

@@MadeBySwan_ was obvious from the start

[@MadeBySwan_]

@@fleischwolf82 it was obvious a war lord was gonna get traded for a WNBA basketball player ?

[@FlyingSkyy]

Well... yall don't got him no more LMAO

[@szlava3641]

Lets go Brandon 🙄🙄🙄

[@vich3359]

@@szlava3641 trump would've traded him for nothing if daddy Putin had asked 😂😂

[@szlava3641]

@@vich3359 Get some mental help ASAP. Insurance covers it. You're still stuck on that narrative? 🙄

[@modernwize]

we all know why you came here. - disappointment.

[@elitesnipzz1744]

Best trade ever made in the history of the WNBA “He is the most dangerous man on the face of the planet”

[@JakubRosman]

All this just reminds me of the ending scene in the movie Lord of War where Yuri said he won't be put away but some important big wig is going come through the door and say that he's free to go.

[@dk150510]

Wow, and just like that, he is back out there

[@imboredasf142]

I have been waiting for this to resurface

[@nitrospice1222]

The CIA has a rich history of doing exactly what Viktor Bout did.

[@purplespeckledappleeater8738]

Bout was working with the Russians to do exactly that. The Russian Government made it very clear the wanted revenge for the Soviet-Afghan War.

[@NaTe.oo7]

This aged well

[@alanrogs3990]

Meanwhile all the weapons left by America in Afghanistan.

[@danielduncan6370]

“Unwittingly” ya right.

[@Dima-px6pr]

Viktor is Coming home whooo hoo 😎

[@bersanji]

So he should. He's a good man

[@michaelriley8002]

Free Viktor 👍

[@mrspacely603]

Im surprised not a whole lot of ppl have came through here recently with the Griner situation going on. This swap cannot happen... Its a huge national security issue if he gets out man.. I hope they come to an understanding and bring her back. But man.. Idk about this one.

[@ABC-48483]

Russia can keep griner, USA doesn't want her back

[@demarcusmac2813]

It's not gone happen. Russia just asked cuz they no he not getting out.

[@columbusohio72]

Everyone doesnt have all the free time like you do

[@jacktheripper5661]

A dangerous arms dealer named “the merchant of death” for a gay woman’s basketball player who’s only crime was having a vape pen. Yeah keep her there.

[@myviews9369]

Good deal, Ginger is African +Gay so she canbe traded for anyone

[@littlebabyhoho6750]

Someone please archive this video and everything else you can find about this guy. After what just happened, it may start to be censored.

[@obosumba]

Don’t be stupid. Why would this be censored? Neither Russia nor Putin control CBS. But they just might control Fox.

[@vich3359]

I bet you wear tin foil 😂

[@philipstowers4741]

Why does everybody keep saying it'll be deleted/censored?

[@mickey6275]

He's the only arms dealer that got caught. Put in prison on a technicality.

[@veniljackson1835]

Freeway ricky had the drugs Victor Bout had the guns

[@LDPIX]

Why tf they didnt get paul whelan out as well is a massive failure.

[@szlava3641]

He didnt fill out all the boxes on the diversity checklist.

[@Vennillion]

@@szlava3641 he filled out all the wrong check boxes

[@b1bbscraz3y]

because that's how negotiations work 12 year old

[@morgothbauglir8508]

Hank Schrader would've shut this down after a day-- assuming he wasn't working that day

[@dawson8364]

Jack Valentine looks different without hair.

[@jaw3964]

So many people talking crap about the prisoner exchange, saying it was lopsided. Ya'll are wrong, we (the US) came out on top. Griner is one of 2 girls to ever dunk in a WNBA game. The WNBA we all know and love, it needs more in game dunks, and now we get them. A man creating few out of the way wars and tens of thousands of deaths is well worth that price

[@R2Manny]

I wonder how the DEA feels about all this in 2022… 😅

[@aqeel-3771]

CIA RULES OVER DEA , He who runs the roost runs the JOINT.

[@shurontullis160]

I'm just here to see what we gave up 🤔

[@File-xo5if]

The pot calling the kettle black.....

[@BTM866]

And now he's going to be released for someone caught with a vape pen because she is slightly famous 😂

[@bersanji]

She deserves the deal.

[@dieselpowergamer5804]

All imma say is wow and you guys know why...