Hint:
Russia as a state sells damn near anything to anyone.
Bout is well-connected. Ex-KGB, his planes fly anything for anybody anywhere. He is accused of flying Al-Qaida’s heroin to Europe. His planes have also made hundreds of flights over the years Iraq for the US (at $60,000 a flight). When he was going to be arrested once in the gulf states, the US State Dept. intervened to get him off. He used to base his planes in Gambia (ruled by one of the most corrupt dictatorships in Africa).
He has very curious connections, probably with most of the intelligence agencies in the world, and I would be very surprised if strings are not pulled to get him released very quickly.