A US judge has sentenced Russian businessman Viktor Bout to 25 years behind bars. He also was fined $15 million. His defense plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Former Soviet military officer Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and accused of an attempt to sell weapons to Columbian rebels, who in fact appeared to be US agents-provocateurs. He was extradited to the US and in 2011 found guilty of all charges pressed against him. Bout was convicted of conspiring to kill US nationals, including military officers and employees, conspiring to use anti-aircraft missiles, and selling millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to the Colombian rebel group FARC. Bout told a judge at his New York sentencing that he is “not guilty” and the allegations against him are lies. Earlier, he called the trial “hypocritical” and an example of “double standards.” The Russian Foreign Ministry called the sentence “ungrounded and biased” and vowed to “make all necessary efforts to bring V.A. Bout to the Motherland.”
http://rt.com/news/viktor-bout-sentence-usa-301/ (video)
http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/newsline/3F2EE6D90D20BC82442579D800230E0D (document)
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