Nobody really knows where Viktor Bout comes from. Officially, his record states that he was born in Dushanbe, the modern-day capital of Tajikstan, under soviet occupation. This has never been confirmed. We don’t even know the date of his birth for certain. What we do know is that his long and terrifying career has seen more movement of weaponry across more borders than even whole countries have managed. He specializes in selling the instruments of death to whomever will buy them, whether that’s the governments of countries like the US, or people governed by fewer rules, even allegedly trading with the Taliban and Al Quaeda. Before his dealings as an arms-trader we do know that he served in the Soviet Armed Forces, but details of his career are extremely vague.