# @vox on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=t6jm8m5PEZE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/75604554-vox-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1d39801ff4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-12-26T13:00:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vox (@vox) — https://gondola.cc/vox

## Caption

How did Viktor Bout become the Merchant of Death? By swooping in and taking advantage of the post-Soviet chaos of the early 1990s. #viktorbout #britneygriner 

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- **Views:** 771,660
- **Likes:** 43,492
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- **Comments:** 1,246

## Tags

viktorbout, britneygriner

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