Viktor Bout
The Prosecutor’s office refused to file objections to the Supreme court of the United States against the petition of protection on reconsideration of the case of Russian citizen Viktor bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in an American prison. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to his lawyer Alexey Tarasov.
“Yesterday I received a document which stated that the prosecution would not appeal to the Supreme court any of his arguments as objections filed our petition,” — said the lawyer. According to him, this means that in case of acceptance of petition to review the U.S. Supreme court will examine only the arguments of the defense bout.
On appeal, the court may take several months, suggested Tarasov. However, he did not rule out that the position of the Prosecutor associated with the dismissal of the Prosecutor of Manhattan Prit Bharara, speaking at the trial in the case of Russia as a representative of the prosecution.
Protection booth appealed against his sentence on 22 February. Lawyers in their petition based on the fact that the new York district attorney in the course of the proceedings concealed from them the fact that Briton Andrew Smulian, held as accomplice of the Russians really was a secret agent of the American Management on struggle against drug trafficking. So the Booth couldn’t join him in the conspiracy.
In April 2012, Bout was found guilty in U.S. court to conspiracy to sell weapons to the organization “Revolutionary armed forces of Colombia” (FARC), which in the United States related to terrorism. A Russian citizen pleaded not guilty.
The businessman was arrested in Thailand in March 2008 at the request of Washington. According to open sources, the reason for the detention was the record of the negotiations on arms with his participation made by undercover agents of Management on struggle against drugs of the USA.