Kremlin denies
Is the “merchant of death” supplying weapons to the Houthis?
The Russian known as the "merchant of death" Viktor Bout was sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison in the USA for conspiracy to murder and arms trafficking. He was released in 2022 as part of a prisoner exchange. He is now allegedly involved in arms deals with Islamist militias in Yemen.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the 57-year-old is said to have brokered the sale of small arms, particularly Kalashnikov assault rifles, to the Houthi militias. Both the Kremlin and Bout himself deny the report.
Bout praises the "good work" of the Houthis
Despite limited resources, the Houthis did a "pretty good job" by shooting down more than ten US reconnaissance drones, praised Bout. However, because there were no known actors there, the US media used his name and his image as a weapons baron to attract attention, the Russian claimed.
The anti-Western Houthi rebels in Yemen have been regularly firing rockets or drones at targets in Israel and ships in the Red Sea since the outbreak of the Gaza war. Only on Monday, a missile fired in Yemen at central Israel was intercepted by the Israeli military.
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