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MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday criticized a push by American congressmen for the extradition to the United States of Viktor Bout, a Russian wanted for allegedly trying to smuggle missiles and rocket launchers to Colombian rebels.
Bout has been in a Thailand jail since his arrest a year ago. More than two dozen U.S. lawmakers urged the Obama administration last week to ensure he is extradited.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the lawmakers’ call was “bewildering” because charges against Bout in Thailand have been dropped and “his guilt on charges put forth in the United States has not been proven.”
