Publisher's Synopsis
Russia has for years indicated an interest in the release of Bout, a Russian arms dealer once called the "Merchant of Death, '' who was sentenced to 25 years in jail in 2012 on allegations that he schemed to unlawfully sell millions of dollars in weapons.Supporters of his release argue he was detained following an unduly aggressive U.S. sting operation, and the judge who sentenced him told The Associated Press this month that she thought he had already spent enough prison time.
The U.S. administration has traditionally rejected prisoner exchanges out of fear that it may inspire more hostage-taking and create a false equivalence between an unlawfully held American and a foreign individual seen as justly condemned.
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