- Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout back in business: Report Al Jazeera English
- Exclusive | Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ Is Back in the Arms Business. This Time Selling to the Houthis. – WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- The Russian arms dealer who was exchanged for Brittney Griner is trying to sell weapons to the Houthis: report Business Insider
- Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was traded for Brittney Griner, to sell weapons to Iran-backed Houthis Fox News
- How Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ is complicating Middle East War for USA and Israel The Times of India