According to the lawyer, efforts to return Viktor Bout have been made continuously for 15 years.
“But all legal and human arguments were shattered by the unwillingness of the Americans to meet us halfway.
It seemed that an insurmountable wall of geopolitical confrontation had grown on the way home of our citizen, ”Solovyov believes.
According to him, in the end, "politics and diplomacy, together with common sense, prevailed over the power of the American prison."
“Now Victor is at home and will be able to get the medical care he needs.
Otherwise, no one had any doubts about the firmness of his character and faith in a speedy return home.
Together with the return of Viktor Bout, we finally close the page of history, on which the so-called American justice could seize and judge Russian citizens with impunity, ”the lawyer emphasized.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russian citizen Viktor Bout had been returned to his homeland.
As a result of the efforts made, it was possible to agree with the American side on organizing the exchange of Bout for the American Brittney Griner.
On December 8, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the exchange of Greiner for Bout.
Victor Bout was imprisoned in the United States for almost 15 years.
He was arrested in Thailand at a US request in 2008 and taken to the US.