(ANSA) - MOSCOW, DECEMBER 09 - Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, freed by the US in the exchange of prisoners yesterday between Washington and Moscow with American basketball player Brittney Griner, said that the West wants to "destroy" Russia.
Russian state media report it.
"The West believes they weren't done with us in 1990 when the Soviet Union started to disintegrate... They think they can just destroy us again and divide Russia," US-liberated arms dealer Viktor Bout said in a statement. interview with the Russian satellite channel RT.
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