Viktor Bout's wife, Alla Bout, Announces Details of the US Extradition Case

Alla Bout, wife of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, held a press conference at approximately 2pm this past Monday at the FCCT in the Maneeya Building, Chitlom, Bangkok, Thailand. She discussed her plans to do the following:

• After having lived in Bangkok for over 2 1/2 years, Alla announced she will return to Moscow.
• She will attempt to apply for a visa to the United States to stay in New York in order to assist with Viktor Bout’s case, involving 4 felony charges amounting to a jail sentence from 25 years to life. Russian citizens can travel freely to Thailand (Thai citizens can travel to Russia in a reciprocal fashion for 30 days without visa), but must obtain visas in order to travel to the USA.
• Alla Bout confirmed that Viktor was abruptly taken, having been treated inhumanely by the American DEA agents, having stripped him of his clothing, giving him dirty sweat clothes, taking his personal possessions, and applying psychological pressure on the long flight to New York.
• Alla Bout confirmed reports that Viktor Bout was likely offered some sort of amnesty deal for cooperation with federal US authorities.
• She is drawing up papers to sue those Thai politicians who signed Viktor Bout’s custody over to the American DEA agents last Tuesday.
• Alla Bout detailed why Viktor Bout’s sudden extradition was, according to Thai law, illegal.
• The Bout’s Thai Lawyer, Mr. Lak, spoke about the details of the US-Thai Extradition treaties. Lak also spoke in detail about how Viktor’s case should have been considered under an older Thai law (grandfather’d in) and not the newer 2008 law, since the US Extradition case started before the new law was enacted.
• Mrs. Bout detailed how the Bout family is actually in debt, having to support her daughter in Russia and herself in Thailand, paying for rent, food, transportation fees, visa fees, and Viktor’s care. They may consider suing for compensation for these expenses in a Thai court.
• The Bout family is also considering legal action against those who started the landslide of negative press against Viktor Bout, especially those involved in the Lord of War movie and Merchant of Death book.

Popular American TV Show 60 Minutes Features Viktor Bout this Evening

The well respected American News show 60 Minutes from CBS NEWS will feature Viktor Bout this evening at 7pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, Washington, DC) in the US. For those located in Bangkok, like us, choices seem to be limited to watching on satellite TV, downloading it off of iTunes when it becomes available, or using some internet TV service.

The preview of the episode can be seen here, and it isn’t looking good for Viktor Bout, as he is named one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. I urge viewers to watch the program with an objective mind, taking note of the facts of the case.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7067796n&tag=mg;60minutes

For those not familiar with 60 Minutes, this airing is very important. The program is heavily respected among Americans for being thorough and true. With the arrival of Mr. Bout having already brought about much news coverage this past week, many Americans will already be familiar with him. It is likely that many American people’s first impressions will come from this program. Much of the content for this episode of 60 Minutes was filmed in Bangkok.

Viktor's wife, Alla Bout, to give press conference on Monday November 22 2010

Alla Bout, Wife of Viktor Bout, will hold a press conference on Monday November 22 2010 at the FCCT in Chitlom, Bangkok, Thailand.

Alla Bout will hold a press conference on Monday at the FCCT in Chitlom, Bangkok, Thailand at 2:00pm. This may be her final official statement from Bangkok, as she plans to return to Russia soon to start work on the case against her businessman husband, Viktor Bout.

Viktor Bout Pleads Not Guilty to 4 Charges – Andrew Smulian Pleads Guilty

Viktor Bout appeared in court in New York City and plead not guilty to the 4 charges brought against him over 2 1/2 years.

The key to the case is and has been Andrew Smulian, who has pleaded guilty to the charges and will testify against Bout.

The Viktor Bout Dot Net website has been focused on the case here in Bangkok, and now that it is over, we will focus the site on providing insightful information about the case that most mass media outlets fail to mention. However, because we are not physically in New York, we cannot provide the quickest updates on the case. Until then, the site will be on hiatus, just like Viktor Bout, whose next court appearance is January 10 in New York.

We still provide a way to contact Viktor and his family by email:  Viktor@ViktorBout.net if you would like to extend a message to him. You can also write to him at the Correctional Facility in New York.

Farewell.