As we all know, the movie " King of War " released in 2005 was starring the famous movie star Nicholas Cage . Although the film invested as much as 42 million US dollars that year, it swept almost all the box office champions in North America at that time. In addition to the hot action scenes and the real guns and arms in the film are fascinating, it is also because the plot of the film is adapted from the real story of Russian arms dealer Victor Butt .
On December 8 this year, with the mediation of Saudi and UAE senior management, Russia finally agreed to the United States' proposal to exchange basketball star Britney Grina with Victor Butte, and the transaction between Russia and the United States was successfully completed at Abu Dhabi Airport. After the exchange of
was completed, US President Biden couldn't wait to announce the news to the country. Russia even said that the return of But is a real Christmas gift. At present, it seems that both sides are very happy, but often there is only one final winner in the game, so who won?
Public information shows that 54-year-old Victor Butt graduated from the Moscow Military Academy's foreign language major in his early years. Before entering the school, Victor Butt also served in the former Soviet Air Force. After graduation, he not only could use English and Portuguese fluently, but also communicate in French and Chinese. In 1992, he began to trade arms in Africa with the dream of getting rich.
Before being trapped by American agents in a five-star hotel in Bangkok in 2008, Victor Butt's business was already spread across Africa, the Middle East, , South America and Eastern Europe. According to statistics from the United States, Victor Butt's network of relations at that time not only involved many heads of state such as Libya's leader Gaddafi's , but his wealth had accumulated into billions of dollars, possessing more than 50 aircraft, and weapons he sold were almost all conflict areas around the world.
Other, 32-year-old Grina was born in Houston, USA. She is currently an American women's basketball athlete and plays as a center. She also led the US team to win gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Because of his super high level, Grina is considered to be the only player in the US women's basketball team who is close to the men's NBA. However, in February this year, Grina was seized with marijuana by local police when she entered Russia from Moscow Airport. She was eventually sentenced to nine years and six months by the Russian court for drug smuggling and fined 1 million rubles.
Obviously, compared to Victor Butt's experience of dominating international arms transactions and being arrested, Grina's behavior of carrying marijuana is simply a slight witch. Even so, the US government has put a lot of effort into replacing Grina.
As early as when Grina was arrested, the United States hoped to exchange it through multiple channels and gave multiple plans one after another. Why was the United States so urgent at that time? The US media agreed that a handwritten letter from Grina forced Biden to actively contact Russia when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict was in a state of anxiety.
Griner once wrote in his letter: "I squatted alone in the Russian prison, with a lot of thoughts. My wife, family, friends, Olympic jerseys and any achievements cannot protect me. I am afraid that I may stay here forever. Even if I know you have a lot of trouble, please don't forget me and other people who are detained overseas. Please do your best to get me home."
In addition to these, Griner also revealed that he voted for Biden when he first participated in the election in 2020, so as a citizen, he does not want Biden to let her trust down.
At that time, Grina's letter was widely reprinted by the media. In addition to her identity as a famous basketball player, Grina also had a very clever grasp of the time of writing letters. After all, American Independence Day was about to come. Celebrities, Independence Day, Voting, and later facing US midterm elections . Undoubtedly, these are the reasons why Biden had to exchange for Grina.
However, in addition to trying to curb Biden's arrogant aid to Ukraine and try to suppress Russia, Russia was also because there was no satisfactory exchange until the United States proposed to exchange Victor Butt.
From Victor Butt's experience, it is not difficult to guess that the reason why his arms transactions are so big is undoubtedly due to the official acquiescence. A large amount of Russian-made equipment was sold overseas. Victor Butt has made an indelible contribution. Whether it is update or replacement, or even daily maintenance and later maintenance, it will surely bring huge benefits to Russia. Even though Victor Butt has now cut off channels and connections, he is undoubtedly a "meanor" for Russia in the past.
Looking at the interests of all parties, Biden undoubtedly hopes to gain more trust from the American people through exchanges of Grina and maintain the "noble" identity of American citizens overseas. Russia hopes to let the outside world see through exchanges that people who are "benefit" to the country at any time will not be forgotten, and Russian citizens are equally important. In the end, this exchange is undoubtedly the winner. Americans are not stupid, and Russians are also very smart, just like Russian President Putin 's statement after the exchange, because "everything is possible."
