Viktor Bout
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Viktor Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer, often dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” who was convicted in the United States for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viktor Bout canonical | 2 |
| Viktor Anatolyevich Bout | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11812444 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viktor Bout Context triple: [United States–Russia prisoner exchange, participantReleasedByUnitedStates, Viktor Bout]
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A.
Carlos Lehder
Carlos Lehder is a Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, notorious for pioneering large-scale cocaine trafficking routes into the United States.
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B.
Carlos the Jackal
Carlos the Jackal is the codename of a notorious international terrorist and assassin who serves as Jason Bourne’s primary nemesis in the Bourne novel series.
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C.
William Browder
William Browder is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic topology and differential topology, particularly in surgery theory and the study of manifolds.
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D.
Boris Berezovsky
Boris Berezovsky is a renowned Russian pianist celebrated for his virtuosic technique and powerful interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
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E.
Erik Prince
Erik Prince is an American businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL best known as the founder of the private military company Blackwater.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viktor Bout Target entity description: Viktor Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer, often dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” who was convicted in the United States for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists.
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A.
Carlos Lehder
Carlos Lehder is a Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, notorious for pioneering large-scale cocaine trafficking routes into the United States.
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B.
Carlos the Jackal
Carlos the Jackal is the codename of a notorious international terrorist and assassin who serves as Jason Bourne’s primary nemesis in the Bourne novel series.
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C.
William Browder
William Browder is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic topology and differential topology, particularly in surgery theory and the study of manifolds.
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D.
Boris Berezovsky
Boris Berezovsky is a renowned Russian pianist celebrated for his virtuosic technique and powerful interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.
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E.
Erik Prince
Erik Prince is an American businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL best known as the founder of the private military company Blackwater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian national
ⓘ
arms dealer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegedFormerAffiliation |
Soviet Air Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Air Forces
|
| arrestDate | 2008-03-06 ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Thai authorities ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Thailand ⓘ |
| arrestedInOperation | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1967-01-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dushanbe
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ Tajik SSR ⓘ
linked to:
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
|
| chargedWith |
conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles
ⓘ
conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals ⓘ conspiracy to kill U.S. officers and employees ⓘ conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization ⓘ |
| convictedIn | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles
ⓘ
conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals ⓘ conspiracy to kill U.S. officers and employees ⓘ conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization ⓘ |
| convictionDate | 2011-11-02 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russia ⓘ |
| extraditedTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| extraditionDate | 2010-11-16 ⓘ |
| familyName | Bout ⓘ |
| fullName |
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout
ⓘ
linked to:
Viktor Bout
|
| givenName | Viktor ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | United States federal prison system ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Soviet Armed Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet armed forces
|
| nativeName | Виктор Анатольевич Бут ⓘ |
| nickname | Merchant of Death ⓘ |
| notableFor |
illicit weapons smuggling
ⓘ
international arms trafficking ⓘ |
| occupation |
arms dealer
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Africa ⓘ Middle East ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
book "Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible"
ⓘ
film "Lord of War" (loosely inspired) ⓘ
linked to:
Lord of War
|
| sentence | 25 years in federal prison ⓘ |
| sentencedBy | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| sentencingDate | 2012-04-05 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Interpol notices
ⓘ
United Nations sanctions ⓘ
linked to:
UN Security Council sanctions regimes
international sanctions ⓘ |
| usedBusinessCover | cargo airline companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Viktor Bout Description of subject: Viktor Bout is a notorious Russian arms dealer, often dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” who was convicted in the United States for conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Viktor Bout