- Steve Zissou, Viktor Bout’s American attorney, called the prisoner swap “fair.”
- Bout told Media on Thursday that he’s told his legal team to “cool down” and be “patient.”
- Anatoly Antonov visited Bout in prison in October.
Viktor Bout’s American attorney Steve Zissou said, the prisoner exchange between Brittney Griner and his client is “fair,” he told Media on Thursday.
“As I have urged for some time, given the fifteen long years that Viktor Bout has been in custody since the United States government targeted him in 2006, his exchange for Brittney Griner, who has only been in custody for a few months, is fair,” he said in a statement to Media.
Bout has been extremely sure he will be released ever since Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov visited the Marion prison where he was serving his sentence in October, Zissou said Media.
Bout has been advising his legal team to “cool down” and exercise “long patience,” the attorney continued.
Zissou informed Media that his legal team was aware of the impending transfer 24 hours prior.
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