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Thailand, Bangkok: Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (R) walks past temporary cells ahead of a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 20, 2010. (AFP Photo  / Christophe Archambault) 24.08.2010, 15:20 3 comments

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Extradition of alleged arms baron stalled

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Thailand, Bangkok: Russian alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout on August 11, 2009. (AFP Photo / Christophe Archambault) 04.09.2010, 15:15

The Bout case: a pawn of Thai domestic policy

A Thai parliamentary commission of the ruling coalition and opposition has spent three hours in a Bangkok jail cell talking to alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout, who faces extradition to the US after a recent court ruling.

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Thailand urges Russia and US to sort out Bout’s case

Published: 27 August, 2010, 15:10
Edited: 29 August, 2010, 06:48


Thailand, Bangkok: Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (C) is escorted by policemen as he arrives for a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 20, 2010. (AFP Photo / Christophe Archambault)

In a recent move, the Thai prime minister announced that Thailand is only a third party in the case of alleged arms baron Victor Bout.

 
2 COMMENTS
Jayne November 12, 2011, 04:23 quote
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That's way more clever than I was epexctnig. Thanks!

JUST ANOUTHER POLITICAL PRISONER OF USA March 17, 2012, 17:16 quote
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Boat is a victim of zionist persecution and attempted blackmail of Putin. Boats arrest is revenge for Putin jailing the zionist oligarths that raped russia dry in the 90s.

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