Leonid Slutsky (left), the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Viktor Bout showing his membership card at a convention of the party convention in Moscow.

The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout a.k.a 'merchant of death', who returned home last week in a prisoner exchange for the American basketball star Brittney Griner, has joined Russia's Parliament under pro-Kremlin far-right Liberal Democratic party (LDPR).

In a video posted on telegram, LDPR’s leader, Leonid Slutsky, who was standing next to Bout, said: “I want to thank Viktor Anatolievich [Bout] for the decision he has made and welcome him into the ranks of the best political party in today’s Russia.”

Despite its name, the Liberal Democratic party has, since its foundation in 1991, propagandised an ultranationalist and xenophobic ideology, urging Russia to invade the countries of the former Soviet Union.

The party has also served as a springboard for unsavoury characters into Russian politics. In 2007, Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who is accused by Britain of murdering the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, gained a seat in the Russian Duma for the party.

Bout, whose release has been presented as a major PR win by Moscow, on Monday told Russian media that he had no immediate plans to participate in “any elections”.

Prominent Russian figures close to the Kremlin welcomed Bout’s entry to the LDPR.

“Viktor Bout is not a person, he is an example of firmness,” said Yevgeny Prigozhin, a powerful Russian businessman and close ally of Vladimir Putin behind the Wagner mercenary group.

“Bout will certainly be good at the head of any existing party and any movement,” Prigozhin added in a statement posted by his catering company, Concord.

The moment he landed in Moscow last week, Bout was on a Kremlin-organised media tour in which he has praised Vladimir Putin and backed Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.


Bout, 56, joined LDPR just days after being released from a US federal prison and returned to Russia.

His first interview in Russia was with the state-backed television channel RT and conducted by Maria Butina, who herself spent more than a year in prison in the US for being an unregistered agent of Russia.

“I am proud that I am a Russian person, and our president is Putin,” Bout told Butina, adding that he kept a picture of Putin in his US prison cell.

Commenting on Russia’s war in Ukraine, Bout told RT: “I know that we will win.”

The former Soviet air force pilot, who allegedly has ties to the Russian intelligence services, claimed that he would have volunteered to go to the frontline if he had the “opportunity and necessary skills”.

“Why did we not do it earlier?” Bout said, referring to Putin’s decision to launch the invasion.

Parroting much of Putin’s recent statements that blasted liberalism, he also predicted the end of western civilisation.

“What is happening in the west is simply the suicide of civilisation … And it may be happening in all areas, with drugs and LGBT+ among them,” said Bout.

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What is happening in the west is simply the suicide of civilisation … And it may be happening in all areas, with drugs and LGBT+ among them,” said Bout.

He's right here.

FP material.
I don't take people supporting either sides of this Russo-Ukrainian war serious.

Viktor will most likely have nothing but pure and undiluted hatred for USA. Not that I care about USA government that openly support and promote LGBT nonsense set of people anyway.

But there will be problems if they keep forcing their demonic homosexual ideas down other peoples throat.

the swap was a big win for Russia..
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WriterNig, how does joining a political party equal joining Parliament?

WriterNig:
Russians are badass.

The west are so desperate and helpless as they cannot defeat Russia on the battlefield or with sanctions, so they'll try to defeat it on the media.

When 32 NATO nations including the United States gang up to defeat just one nation Russia. Do you still need anyone to tell you who the most powerful nation in the world is? The U.S wouldn't need NATO if it could defeat Russia on its own.

Is it that you do watch only the back of ur TV or what ? Let me educate ur ignorance a bit , it is with the help of China and India that Russia was able to cushion the effect of sanctions on Russia and Iran ,Belarus , North Korea and most importantly Iran is helping to Russia to terrorize Ukraine and the west chose to help Ukraine and they are doing just that managing the situation to avoid a world war and a leverless entity like you is there celebrating mediocrity.
Instead of Russia to pack there bags and leave Ukraine after defeats in the battlefield and the call by it's well meaning citizens to leave a poor country alone they are busy bullying and you expect Ukraine not to get the sympathy .

You mean he joined the Republican party version of Russia.
Just like kyle rittenhouse is looking at a congress run under the republiqan party
after murdering two people on camera.

Will read

Wetin obi no see for lie

Hmmmmm

@WriterNG

Please verify your news. He joined a party not Parliament. How can he join Parliament when there's no election?

Can Russia arrest an American arms dealer America too dey overdo

E no go waste time.. na wetin Putin like b dis.. yeye man

The content of the news said he joined party, the title of the source shows the same.
The guy even said he has no plans to participate in any election

But OP said he join parliament..


Maybe party and parliament are the same thing sha

It's only in a shit hole country that such could happen.

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I am sure we have bandits and criminals in the Nigerian Senate and House of Rep as well.

Mercury12:
Viktor will most likely have nothing but pure and undiluted hatred for USA.

Interestingly, he seems to hate Africans more. That's where he sells most of his guns and ammunitions to.

Obrigardo:
You mean he joined the Republican party version of Russia.
Just like kyle rittenhouse is looking at a congress run under the republiqan party
after murdering two people on camera.

I weak for the OP o

WriterNig:
Russians are badass.

The west are so desperate and helpless as they cannot defeat Russia on the battlefield or with sanctions, so they'll try to defeat it on the media.

When 32 NATO nations including the United States gang up to defeat just one nation Russia. Do you still need anyone to tell you who the most powerful nation in the world is? The U.S wouldn't need NATO if it could defeat Russia on its own.

and you no apply for visa to Russia, u dey here they praise Dem.. yeye

Ok

Some people lack so much attention in their lives that they think celebrating stupid things online and being unnecessarily a controversial is the way to get the attention.

OP get a better thing to do with your life so you don't have to spend your days defending nonsense like your future depends on it just to feel like you matter. SMH

Lol, with the way insanity is being legalized in both country, I'll be on the fence in this one.

fortunez1:

Is it that you do watch only the back of ur TV or what ? Let me educate ur ignorance a bit , it is with the help of China and India that Russia was able to cushion the effect of sanctions on Russia and Iran ,Belarus , North Korea and most importantly Iran is helping to Russia to terrorize Ukraine and the west chose to help Ukraine and they are doing just that managing the situation to avoid a world war and a leverless entity like you is there celebrating mediocrity.
Instead of Russia to pack there bags and leave Ukraine after defeats in the battlefield and the call by it's well meaning citizens to leave a poor country alone they are busy bullying and you expect Ukraine not to get the sympathy .

Stop watching CNN!

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