Thread: Victor Bout - Russian Businessman (?) facing 25 years in US prison

Originally Posted by Marcus

They also are lobbying to make Russian official in the EU.

как будто кто-то от этого пострадает.

You just don't get it. It's a horrible, horrible crime.

Why not make all the European languages official in Russia?

Originally Posted by Hanna

Does Victor Bout get what's coming to him, or is this a travesty of justice?

Maybe Victor Bout get what's coming to him, I can not say for sure. Still it is definitely a travesty of justice.

If there is some comparison, the actions of Israel of kidnapping and execution of Nazis after WWII was absolutely much more just, fair and noble. Both in the reason and way of action.

как будто кто-то от этого пострадает.

I didn't say that somebody is suffering.
But this is definately messing in the politics of other countries.
Because there is no country in the EU with Russian as official.
No one is stopping Russia to apply for membership and join the EU.
As far as I know EU is not lobbying to get English, French or German official in Russia.

On a scale of "evilness" I'd say any corporation that is in the weapons industry for profit is equally evil and does more harm than Victor Bout did.

There is a difference between selling guns legally to people so they can use them for self-defence and selling them to terrorist organizations.
And why then the terrorists could not buy these weapons directly from these "equally evil" corporations?
Why people like Bout are needed in the middle?

Anyway - USA (allied with the current Colombian government) is at war against these terrorists.
It would be foolish for them not to try and eliminate anyone who is helping their enemy.

Because there is no country in the EU with Russian as official.
No one is stopping Russia to apply for membership and join the EU.
As far as I know EU is not lobbying to get English, French or German official in Russia.

But there are countries with significant Russian-speaking part of population which is not the case with English? French or German in Russia.