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A salesman of death. Yet he's a coward.
A Russian arms dealer?  Lying?
Nyet.  I refuse to believe it. >

the most trust worthy profession in ruzzia. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 71%. (I'm a bot)


The Russian arms dealer who was freed in a prisoner exchange for Brittney Griner late last year has walked back on earlier claims that he would volunteer to fight on the front line in Ukraine.
In an interview on Russian radio station Komsomolskaya Pravda Radio on Wednesday, Viktor Bout became evasive and irritable when reminded of an earlier statement about his willingness to fight, according to The Daily Beast.
Bout was speaking at length about his pride in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when the interviewer cut in to relay a question from a listener, saying: "Let Bout prove his patriotism towards the Motherland by joining Wagner in Soledar," according to The Beast.


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Russia citizen freed from prison insists on death sentence. >

Shock horror >

Freed Russian Arms Dealer about U-Turns on Promise to Fight in Ukraine >

I think the Bout was on purpose because the arms dealer’s name is Viktor Bout. >

Bout right >

He knows what those weapons can do to a man >

He'll be more valuable to Putin if he can deliver more arms like he did in the past.  If not, he can be made to "volunteer" to go to Ukraine warzone. >

Wasnt he more into selling off Russian arms, leaving them with the rusted outdated garbage they have today? >

Yes half the people on reddit don't seem to understand the basic concept. He's not some legendary trader that is going to make inroads into other countries, new supply chains, and magically start providing arms for the entire RU army. He literally sold old soviet stock to the OTHER countries. That stock as we have has seen is rusted out garbage for the most part now and they need every last bit of it to even sniff a chance at fighting Ukraine.
He's outdated and useless beyond being a PR Pawn. >


That stock as we have has seen is rusted out garbage for the most part

No, what they have is the rusted out garbage nobody else would buy. He sold the better weapons.
Since he knows who he sold what to he is quite useful in an effort to buy the somewhat more functional weapons back. Since it does not seem like anyone will do legitimate business with Russia he is extremely useful. The people who purchased the weapons can probably get away with selling the weapons back under the excuse that they never knew the weapons were stolen and when the rightful owners offered to BUY them back how could they say no? 
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"hey I got arrested for stealing your gun and if you bail me out I will tell you who I sold it to so you can buy it back."
(thinks for a moment about the fact that nobody would sell them a new gun to replace the one that was stolen)
"DEAL!"
(thief mysteriously commits suicide by jumping from a first floor window.) >

They should have noted that his middle name is Rounda >

Probably doesn't want to burn bridges in case he wants to start arming the Ukrainian side >

...a new norm of what is a true russian >

Maybe he plays for a different team now..not so much for Russia >

They traded a valuable hostage just to send theirs to the frontline ? I know they're stupid but ... >

from B.J. Penn to Sean Penn in seconds flat
oh well, add it to the Penn-ski file >

Well color me “surprised”, who would’ve known… >

Shocker >

Shock news, purveyor of death doesn’t want to try his own product after all. >

There's no way he will be sent there.  Once you're a public figure it looks pretty bad if you get sent into the meat grinder and are never heard from again.  There's martyrdom but that's not going to work here.  They're probably better off sending some useless deputy ministers and career climbers to fight in Ukraine instead. >

Ask any US politician if they or any of their family would fight in any of the wars they start. >

I think the big point here is he specifically said he would, and now won't. His words, like all of Putin's cronies, mean nothing. >

A Russian gun runner named Viktor stole from his country and resold then gets tagged up with the US and now goes back on it. Putin is probably thrilled between chemo sessions. He's going to be on Epstein's flight logs so we can wrap up one spot in the book to his carcas. Muddy that sewer water and soon enough three hitmen doing rocks, paper and scissors for who puts a skylight in his skull first will be ending this. I can only hope Tucker Carlson is on his lap and they use a rifle. >

Not sure what I just read but it was definitely enjoyable. >

It's complete piled crap of a bunch of "news". If CNN and FOX can spew that shit so can I. >

I wonder how useful he would be in securing weapons for the Russians at this point. Could his network and contacts be of any use after all this time? >

He was arrested in a sting operation fifteen years ago, after who knows how long being under surveillance. He's been out of the game a very long time, his contacts either burned by the same surveillance operation or having replaced him with someone younger and more connected than an ex-con has-been. The only title he deserves now is Merchant of Irrelevancy and old age. >

Don't go near any stairs my man