Swapping prisoners, of course, isn't a new practice. We even saw one earlier this year between russia and the united states. Do do you think there's something that that these sort of international prisoner swaps teaches us about how the world works? Douglas farra: I think it shows that every country has specific interests that it wants to protect and defend.
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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