Basketball super star brittany grinder just got sentenced to nine years for bringing some hashi soil into russia. Be prisoner's swap, and it might be the most lop sided prisoner swap the history of the practice. These are hard deals. Victor boot is a real horrible criminal. A britany grinder, paul weeland, they're innocent americans. So when you do these trades, they are uncomfortable trades. One of the greatest athletes alive for one of the most notorious arms dealers in history. Ahead on to day explained. T toda.
Viktor Bout might be the most successful arms dealer in history. The US could let him go free if Russia releases the WNBA star, who was just sentenced to nine years in prison. Bout’s biographer, Douglas Farah, explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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