Viktor Bout's lawyer said his client urges patience for prisoner swap

Viktor Bout’s lawyer said his client urges patience for prisoner swap

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08th Dec, 2022. 09:01 pm
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Steve Zissou, Viktor Bout’s American attorney, called the prisoner swap “fair.”
Bout told Media on Thursday that he’s told his legal team to “cool down” and be “patient.”
Anatoly Antonov visited Bout in prison in October.

Viktor Bout’s American attorney Steve Zissou said, the prisoner exchange between Brittney Griner and his client is “fair,” he told Media on Thursday.

“As I have urged for some time, given the fifteen long years that Viktor Bout has been in custody since the United States government targeted him in 2006, his exchange for Brittney Griner, who has only been in custody for a few months, is fair,” he said in a statement to Media.

“Viktor Bout has been reunited with his family, just as Brittney Griner is with hers. The people of Russia never gave up on him during the fifteen years of his wrongful incarceration, just as the people of the United States never gave up on Ms. Griner.

Hopefully, this is just the first of many reasonable agreements between the U.S. and Russia that will lead to better relations and a safer world,” he added.

Bout has been extremely sure he will be released ever since Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov visited the Marion prison where he was serving his sentence in October, Zissou said Media.

Bout has been advising his legal team to “cool down” and exercise “long patience,” the attorney continued.

Zissou informed Media that his legal team was aware of the impending transfer 24 hours prior.

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