Viktor Bout
© Photo from personal archive of the wife of Viktor bout Alla Bout/TASS
NEW YORK, March 25. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers/. The Russian Federation submitted to the Supreme court of the United States arguments in support of the petition of lawyers of Viktor bout to annul the earlier in his case verdict. This was stated on Friday, TASS, the lawyer of the Russian citizen Alexei Tarasov.
“Was sent a friendly argument in support of Viktor bout from the Russian Federation. It raises questions of international law,” he said. Documents sent to the court in a form that is called in the USA amicus curiae brief, or “friend of the court argument”.