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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Biden 'offers Putin Russian arms dealer, dubbed Merchant of Death who is serving 25 years in US prison, for Brittney Griner AND Paul Whelan in prisoner swap'
2022-07-28
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February

  • The two-time Olympic gold medalist spoke at her Moscow trial Wednesday

  • Bout is an infamous arms dealer serving time after conviction on trafficking charges

  • Whelan was accused of spying and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison camp

  • Plan has backing of President Biden, CNN reported Wednesday

  • The idea of a trade has been floated for months

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is preparing for talks with Russian foreign minister Lavrov on a variety of subjects, including Griner and Whelan

  • White House security official John Kirby confirmed the offer and urged Russia to 'take it seriously'
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  And put more guns on the street, which will be used to kill and kidnap sub-Saharan African kids, especially girls.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-07-28 10:33  

#10  I nominate SteveS at #4 for snark of the day...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-07-28 08:41  

#9  I warned every new charter salesman in our airline for 15 years to watch for telltales about Victor trying to charter or lease a plane. That guy must have burned 10-15 airline operating certificates when he was active
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300   2022-07-28 08:31  

#8  Agree with EC, plus it not just limited to his African transactions. His Asian and Central/South American sales are probably not as widely advertised, but created untold misery there too.

Bout is just evil wrapped up as some sort of 'entrepreneur'.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-07-28 07:41  

#7  Vlad appears to have played this one quite effectively.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-07-28 06:21  

#6  Bout probably caused the death of many thousands of black people. Just saying...
Posted by: European Conservative   2022-07-28 05:55  

#5  Bout is a Hunter Biden client? ...or really wants to be.
Posted by: magpie   2022-07-28 02:14  

#4  To put this in the worst possible light, Biden is trying to buy a black woman.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS   2022-07-28 00:50  

#3  For some reason, I was always intrigued by the Bulgarian umbrella thing, in a cheesy Pierce Brosnan / James Bond sort of way.

Just saying!
Posted by: Raj   2022-07-28 00:49  

#2  No night time, misty bridge exchanges this time.
Posted by: badanov   2022-07-28 00:33  

#1  Leave the gun anti-American c&nt, take the cannoli non-trans white male!
Posted by: Raj   2022-07-28 00:22  

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