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2022-07-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Biden 'offers Putin Russian arms dealer, dubbed Merchant of Death who is serving 25 years in US prison, for Brittney Griner AND Paul Whelan in prisoner swap'

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February

The two-time Olympic gold medalist spoke at her Moscow trial Wednesday

Bout is an infamous arms dealer serving time after conviction on trafficking charges

Whelan was accused of spying and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison camp

Plan has backing of President Biden, CNN reported Wednesday

The idea of a trade has been floated for months

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is preparing for talks with Russian foreign minister Lavrov on a variety of subjects, including Griner and Whelan

White House security official John Kirby confirmed the offer and urged Russia to 'take it seriously'

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11147 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 Leave the ~~gun~~ anti-American c&nt, take the ~~cannoli~~ non-trans white male!

Posted by Raj 2022-07-28 00:22|| 2022-07-28 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 No night time, misty bridge exchanges this time.

Posted by badanov 2022-07-28 00:33|| 2022-07-28 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 For some reason, I was always intrigued by the Bulgarian umbrella thing, in a cheesy Pierce Brosnan / James Bond sort of way.

Just saying!

Posted by Raj 2022-07-28 00:49|| 2022-07-28 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 To put this in the worst possible light, Biden is trying to buy a black woman.

Snark O'The Day

Posted by SteveS 2022-07-28 00:50|| 2022-07-28 00:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Bout is a Hunter Biden client? ...or really wants to be.

Posted by magpie 2022-07-28 02:14|| 2022-07-28 02:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Bout probably caused the death of many thousands of black people. Just saying...

Posted by European Conservative 2022-07-28 05:55|| 2022-07-28 05:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Vlad appears to have played this one quite effectively.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-28 06:21|| 2022-07-28 06:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Agree with EC, plus it not just limited to his African transactions. His Asian and Central/South American sales are probably not as widely advertised, but created untold misery there too.

Bout is just evil wrapped up as some sort of 'entrepreneur'.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-07-28 07:41|| 2022-07-28 07:41|| Front Page Top

#9 I warned every new charter salesman in our airline for 15 years to watch for telltales about Victor trying to charter or lease a plane. That guy must have burned 10-15 airline operating certificates when he was active

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2022-07-28 08:31|| 2022-07-28 08:31|| Front Page Top

#10 I nominate SteveS at #4 for snark of the day...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-28 08:41|| 2022-07-28 08:41|| Front Page Top

#11 And put more guns on the street, which will be used to kill and kidnap sub-Saharan African kids, especially girls.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-07-28 10:33|| 2022-07-28 10:33|| Front Page Top

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