According to her, the plane took off from Makhachkala not so long ago after refueling.
“So we expect him to arrive around midnight,” she said.
The wife, together with the mother of the Russian, goes to the airport to meet Viktor Bout.
Earlier, Russian Viktor Bout called his mother and wife from the plane.
Footage of a Russian conversation with his family was published.
The exchange of Bout for the American Brittney Griner took place on December 8.