Bout was arrested in [[Thailand]] in 2008 and convicted in [[US Federal Court]] in 2011 for arms trafficking. Bout was traded for WNBA star Brittany Griner in a prisoner swap by the [[Biden regime]] in 2022. Griner had been convicted of [[drug]] smuggling in the [[Russian Federation]]. Bout was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's (LDPR) shortly thereafter. The trade by the Biden regime to appease the [[LGBT+]] [[activist]]s in the American [[Democratic party]] for an opponent of Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]]'s [[United Russia]] party seemed somewhat odd. | Bout was arrested in [[Thailand]] in 2008 and convicted in [[US Federal Court]] in 2011 for arms trafficking. Bout was traded for WNBA star Brittany Griner in a prisoner swap by the [[Biden regime]] in 2022. Griner had been convicted of [[drug]] smuggling in the [[Russian Federation]]. Bout was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's (LDPR) shortly thereafter. The trade by the Biden regime to appease the [[LGBT+]] [[activist]]s in the American [[Democratic party]] for an opponent of Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]]'s [[United Russia]] party seemed somewhat odd. |