A notorious Russian arms dubbed the “merchant of death” will be extradited to the U.S. from Thailand, the Washington Post reported.
A Court of Appeals court in Thailand overturned a lower court’s ruling rejecting the U.S. extradition request for Viktor Bout, the Post reported.
The Associated Press reported that Bout cried when hearing the verdict and hugged his wife and daughter.
“This is the most unfair decision possible,” his wife told reporters, the Post reported.”It is known the world over that this is a political case.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the extradition ruling an “unlawful, political decision” made “under very strong external pressure,” Reuters news agency reported.
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