Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer dubbed the “Merchant of Death” was handed the short-end sentence of 25 years in a federal pen by a New York judge after being convicted on terrorism charges
Bout was busted in a sting operation, conducted by US DEA agents in Thailand in 2008 and was later extradited to the United States.
Russia has scoffed at his sentence, calling it a miscarriage of justice. Read the AlJazeera English story with Video Here
