Arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as ‘the merchant of death’ and recently delivered to Moscow in the framework of a prisoner exchange with Washingtonhas invited former US President Donald Trump to take refuge in Russia.

“Today I sent a telegram to former US President Donald Trump. First of all, I think your life is in danger.“, he said, to then offer him “protection and political asylum” in Russia with the aim that, upon his arrival in the country, he will lead an “uprising against globalists”has picked up the TASS news agency.

The United States and Russia confirmed a prisoner swap in December in which American professional basketball player Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia on drug trafficking charges, and Bout, who He was in a United States prison for arms traffickingThey returned to their respective countries.

Bout, known as the ‘merchant of war’ for his responsibility in arms trafficking, He was detained in Thailand in 2008 on US orders. and was serving a 25-year prison sentence, which was commuted to a shorter one to allow his release. His words respond to the Stormy Daniels case, for which Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 charges for allegedly bribing porn actress Stephanie Clifford.

Specifically, the former president He was indicted for the secret payment of $130,000 (more than 120,000 euros) to the actress through her former lawyer Michael Cohen. Trump, who for the moment has not commented on Bout’s offer, thus became the first former US president to be indictedwhich could end his aspirations to return to the White House in the elections scheduled for 2024.