Russian ‘merchant of death’ freed by Biden now ‘selling weapons to Houthis’

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Russian ‘merchant of ******’ freed by Biden now ‘selling weapons to Houthis’

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, the arms dealer who was sent back to Russia in a

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, is now reportedly supplying weapons to the Houthis.

Bout, dubbed

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, is trying to broker the ***** of arms to the Iran-backed group, which is attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and ******* missiles and drones at *******, sources

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After being jailed in the ******* States, two years ago he was

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Citing an unnamed ********* security source and other anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the WSJ wrote that Bout is now dealing arms again.

“When Houthi emissaries went to Moscow in August to negotiate the purchase of $10 million [£7.7 million] worth of automatic weapons, they encountered a familiar face: the mustachioed Bout,” the newspaper reported, citing its sources.

The potential arms transfers are yet to be delivered, the WSJ reported. They stop short of the ***** of Russian anti-ship or anti-air missiles that could pose a significant threat to US military efforts to protect international shipping from the Houthis’ attacks, it added.

The Kremlin and Russia’s defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request to comment.

Life inspired Hollywood film

The WSJ reported that Steve Zissou, a New York attorney who represented Bout in the US, had declined to discuss whether his client had met with the Houthis, and that a Houthi spokesman declined to comment.

After returning to Russia following the prisoner swap in December 2022, Bout, 57, joined the Kremlin-loyal ultra-nationalist ******** Democratic Party, but has since kept a relatively low public profile.

Bout was one of the world’s most wanted men before his 2008 arrest in Thailand on multiple charges related to arms trafficking.

He was extradited to the US and, in 2012, convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in Manhattan.

For almost two decades, Bout was one of the world’s most notorious arms dealers, selling weapons to rogue states, rebel groups and murderous warlords in *******, Asia and South America.

His life helped to inspire a Hollywood film, 2005’s Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, an arms dealer loosely based on Bout.

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