Sunday, January 2, 2011

Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Refuses Plea Deal With U.S. Authorities

Viktor Bout. RIA Novosti

Suspect Russian Arm Dealer Says Rejects Plea Bargain -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Sunday he had refused a plea bargain with the U.S. authorities in his first public comments after his extradition to the United States in November.

Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency published Bout's remarks he sent via a Russian embassy official in the U.S.

"I was offered a milder sentence, lower prison term and a possibility to bring my family to the U.S. if I tell everything I know about my ties in Russia and other countries," Bout said.

"But I answered that I had nothing to tell about, I don't know anything they are interested in."

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More News On Viktor Bout

'Arms dealer' Bout 'turned down US plea bargain'
-- AFP
Bout Tells RIA U.S. Offered Lenient Sentence for Information -- Bloomberg
Suspected Russian Arm Dealer 'Rejects Plea Bargain' -- Radio Free Europe
Extradited Russian 'arms dealer' Bout says U.S. court trial to be 'biased' -- RIA Novosti

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