Russia Angry At Viktor Bout's US Guilty Verdict -- BBC
Moscow has reacted angrily to the guilty verdict handed down to Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, by a court in the United States.
Russia questioned its fairness and said it would try to bring Bout home.
On Wednesday, a New York court found Bout guilty of attempting to sell heavy weapons to a Colombian rebel group.
Prosecutors said Viktor Bout, 44, who has been dubbed "the merchant of death", stood to make millions from supplying weapons to the group.
The defence argued he had only wanted to sell two cargo planes.
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