Video: CNN reporter explains why Viktor Bout is of ‘extraordinary’ value to Moscow

Russia has released WNBA player Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accuser. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States on charges of conspiring to kill Americans. He has maintained his innocence.

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