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Viktor Bout

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Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout gained the nicknames the "Merchant of Death" and "Sanctions Buster" after British minister Peter Hain read a report to the United Nations in 2003 on Bout's wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes. In a 2008 US sting operation Bout was arrested in Thailand on terrorism charges by the Royal Thai Police in cooperation with American authorities and Interpol. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Bout is the 177th most popular extremist (down from 148th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Tajikistan (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Tadzhik Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Viktor Bout ranks 177 out of 283. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ross Ulbricht, Baby Face Nelson, Ziad Jarrah, Stefano Delle Chiaie, and Jonathan Wild. After him are Joaquin Murrieta, Ahmad Sa'adat, Perkin Warbeck, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Louis Farrakhan, and Tsutomu Miyazaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Viktor Bout ranks 113. Before him are Olafur Eliasson, Sandrine Bonnaire, Miranda Otto, Takehiko Inoue, John Petrucci, and Rufus Sewell. After him are Chris Benoit, Tom Kristensen, Faith Hill, Michael Jai White, Kari Wuhrer, and Melanie Thornton.

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In Tajikistan

Among people born in Tajikistan, Viktor Bout ranks 13 out of 35. Before him are Rahmon Nabiyev (1930), Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin (800), Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959), Qahhor Mahkamov (1932), Vladimir Voinovich (1932), and Nellie Kim (1957). After him are Gulnazar Keldi (1945), Yuri Maslyukov (1937), Henri Weber (1944), Oinikhol Bobonazarova (1948), Iskandar Khatloni (1954), and Oleh Skrypka (1964).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Tajikistan

Among extremists born in Tajikistan, Viktor Bout ranks 1. 

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