Bout Victor Anatolyevich Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. The businessman spent the next 14 years in prison - first in Thai, and then in an American prison, where he was threatened with a life sentence. During this time, the name of Buta was overgrown with numerous legends, he was called the “arms baron” and “death dealer”. This image even entered mass culture: the history of the businessman was the basis of books, series and a full -length film.

And in the year, an unexpected turn occurred in his fate again: he was extracted to Russia as part of an exchange for convicted for illegal import of narcotic substances Basketball player Britney Grainer. In just two weeks after the release, Victor managed to become the hero of the resonant interview and even a deputy of the LDPR. There is not much information about his childhood.

It is known that in the early years he spent in Tajikistan with his older brother Sergey, who looked after him. At school, Victor studied German and Esperanto languages, was the secretary of the Komsomol organization. After graduating from grades 8, he moved to Kazan, in the year he graduated from the local Suvorov school. He served in Transcarpathia. In the year, Victor entered the Moscow Institute of the Ministry of Defense, choosing Portuguese to study.

For two years he served as a radio operator in Vitebsk. During this time, he was repeatedly entrusted with tasks in Angola and other countries of Africa. Victor also accompanied the Soviet mission in Mozambique. In the year, he finally left military service with the rank of senior lieutenant and took place of Chinese language courses, got a job at the air center, where he served as a translator during business trips to Africa and Brazil.

But Victor increasingly thought about opening his own business. After the collapse of the USSR, airlines were in a state of decline, selling their transport almost for nothing. But took advantage of this opportunity and acquired a cargo plane for thousands of dollars, which helped him to establish the company and register the Transavia company in Kazan. In addition, the transport of the entrepreneur was used to deliver legal military cargo, as well as peacekeepers from France and Belgium.

By the middle of X, he also began to supply fighters from Russia to Malaysia. By this time, Buta first began to suspect the illegal trade in weapons. It was also argued that he bought the necessary goods at the post -Soviet plants, and took diamonds or prohibited substances that he resold in Europe and Latin America as a fee. Since the year, Victor lived in Belgium, but took part in international politics: for example, he appeared in negotiations aimed at the liberation of the Russian Il crew, which was detained in Afghanistan.

By the end of X, he again moved to the UAE, where at that time his Air Cess Liberia company was based: there were about 50 aircraft around the world in its air park. At that time, an investigation of Buta’s business has already begun in the US government. In the year, Belgium put the entrepreneur on the international wanted list: he was accused of smuggling diamonds. It was assumed that over 7 years, the businessman “washed” the order of a million dollars.

Viktor But at the end of X by this time, Victor was already in Russia and was actually ruined - under pressure from the United States, a license for air transportation was selected from him. The UN introduced a ban on any moves. In the year, the head of the United States George Bush Jr. issued a decree on the freezing of Butu accounts and assets of companies related to his name.

The president was sure that Victor intervened in an armed conflict in the Congo, which put the entire policy of the States. Later, the businessman admitted that due to these sanctions he was underway dollars. In an interview, Victor said that all charges against him were fabricated: he really helped organize weapons to combat points, but he did not engage in his purchase and sale.

I did nothing in my life, for what I could worry and hide from someone. Victor almost did not leave Russia, suspecting that he was waiting for his arrest abroad. But then he allowed a miss. The arrest of the year Buta went to Thailand. He hoped to make a major deal: allegedly rebels from Colombia, who were ready to pay for a batch of weapons, contacted him. But it was an excuse to lure Buta from Russia.

On the spot he was waiting for the US Drug Administration Agents. At the meeting, dictaphone records of conversations were made that compromised Victor. He was detained and sent to Thai prison on charges of supporting Columbian terrorists. Over the next one and a half years, the Thai government did everything possible to extradite a bot to Russia. At the same time, the US authorities persistently asked to issue the detainee to him.

Thai authorities stated that Victor did not have the necessary evidence, and the organization from Colombia, which he allegedly was going to help, was not included in the list of terrorists. Viktor Boot in Thailand prison, wife Buta, insisted that her husband went to Thailand to conclude a contract for the construction of a disposable syringe factory for residents of Africa in need of this.In August, the Thai court nevertheless satisfied the US request for extradition.

In November, Buta was transported to New York: for more than a year he spent in the investigative insulator to the park-ray in the "loner" without windows and allowed walks. The man was accused at once by four points - he was charged with a conspiracy to kill Americans, civil servants, as well as agreements on the supply of weapons to terrorists, the sale of anti -aircraft missile systems.

Victor did not plead guilty to any of the points. In Russia, promotions were held in support of Bout. Some of the rallies were supported by the businessman's wife. The action in support of Viktor But in November of the year, the court of jurisdiction unanimously issued a conviction on all points. The prosecutor’s office insisted on life imprisonment, but in April of the year the court sentenced the businessman to 25 years in prison.

Meanwhile, he was transferred to the colony in Illinois. The American authorities refused the Russians a request to issue Victor. The next year, his lawyers tried to appeal the verdict, but failed. In the United States, the opinion was strengthened that Bout worked for Russian intelligence services, by order of which he delivered the necessary weapons. In Russia, the opinion was against the fact that the case against Victor was fabricated for political reasons, and he became a victim of the American system.

It was about a drink that the entrepreneur allegedly produced on the basis of tea fungus. It was used by both prisoners and overseers. Butt's term was increased by 40 days. In the year, reports of the upcoming extraction of Victor to Russia resumed again. It was proposed to exchange it for 15 Americans serving a sentence in Russian prisons, but the United States abandoned the transaction.

A year later, it was reported that Buta could be released in exchange for the floor of Willn, who was convicted in the Russian Federation for espionage. Then the woman was the wife of another translator who also worked in the country. Alla and Victor talked, but it did not reach the novel. After 5 months of business trips, the woman flew to Leningrad and filed for divorce.

She was going to plunge headlong into work-the artist offered a place in the All-Union Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics. Six months later, Butla came in touch with Alla, asking to arrange a tour of the city for him and friends. When friends left, Victor stayed. That's all, ”Alla said in an interview. The wedding of Viktor Buta in the year they got married, and after 2 years, the daughter Lisa was born in the family.

The persecution and arrest of Victor was a heavy blow for his family. In an American prison, they were not allowed to see each other, calls were limited. Only in the year Alla managed to “knock out” a date. Then the Pandemia of Coronavirus came, and visits became absolutely impossible. Viktor Boot with his wife and daughter Viktor Boot, in July, new information has appeared about the upcoming extraction of Buta.

It was assumed that he would be exchanged for a basketball player Britney Grainer, who received 9 years in prison for smuggling of prohibited substances - she brought with her cartridges for an electronic cigarette containing cannabinol, a total volume of 0.7 grams, not suspecting that this substance is prohibited in Russia. Both accused in their countries were pardoned.

He talked about the schedule of life in an American prison, nutrition and his own classes. According to Victor, he spent his free time learning languages. There was time, good textbooks appeared, and I managed to use this time for some purpose, with some benefit. Victor was dissatisfied with food. Being a vegetarian, he suffered from a monotonous prison food: “Wednesday is a hamburger with Free potatoes terrified to death.

He stated that if he had the necessary skills and the opportunity, he would go to the advanced volunteer. In addition, in December, the entrepreneur was admitted to the ranks of the LDPR party. The party card was personally handed to him by the chairman Leonid Slutsky. I am sure Viktor Bout - a strong spirit and a courageous person - will take a worthy place in it, ”the deputy noted.

In addition, the businessman met with the artist Nikas Safronov, who at the end of the year began work on the portrait of Victor. Viktor Butt at home in the year interesting facts to Victor from childhood were well given foreign languages. He continued their study and while in prison. It can be safely called polyglot: Bout owns English, French, Esperanto, Tajik, Portuguese, Farsi, Afghan Dari, African dialects of Zulu and Spit.

In prison, Buta worked in the labor protection office. He was engaged in checking the documentation for protective equipment and fire extinguishers, issuing disinfectors. He was paid about $ 40 a month. In Victor, a portrait of Vladimir Putin hung in the cell. In the year, the American film "Armory Baron" was released in the year.