Do You Think That Russia's a Good Business to Deal With?

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Douglas Farah is one of the authors of Merchant of Death, Money, Guns, Plains and the Man Who Makes War Possible. President Biden said this morning that Brittany Griner would be home within 24 hours but Paul Whelan remains detained in Russia. Zell: Is someone going to kidnap LeBron or Nick Cage the next time they're in unfriendly territory? "I believe we're sending the message that it is good business to deal in capturing Americans"

US officials are sending the “Merchant of Death” — a notorious arms dealer named Viktor Bout — back to Russia in exchange for the WNBA star’s release. We revisit our conversation with author Douglas Farah, author of “Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.”

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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