Viktor But received a mandate in the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk region

Entrepreneur Viktor But, released on exchange from an American prison, received a mandate in the legislative assembly of the Ulyanovsk region, reported in the election commission of the TASS region.

Bout receives a deputy mandate following the results of elections on the party list. The entrepreneur is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

According to the election commission, the LDPR party received 13.56% of the lists in the elections to the legislative assembly. At the same time, United Russia has 49.91%, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has 16.96%, and Communists of Russia has 7.52%. The parties “A Just Russia – For Truth” and “New People” scored 5.15% and 4.48%, respectively. In single-mandate constituencies, 16 representatives of United Russia, one member of the LDPR and one self-nominee won.

Booth joined the LDPR on December 12, 2022, during a rally of Liberal Democrats dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the party. The party card was presented to him by its chairman Leonid Slutsky. The head of the LDPR faction in the legislative assembly of the Ulyanovsk region, Dmitry Grachev, said earlier that But was number one in territorial group No. 10, which includes the territories of the Zavolzhsky single-mandate constituency No. 10 and the Zavolzhsky single-mandate electoral district No. 11.

The entrepreneur returned to Russia on December 8 last year after an exchange of prisoners with the American side took place at Abu Dhabi airport. Basketball player Brittney Greiner flew from Russia to the United States, who was detained in February 2022 at Sheremetyevo after vape cartridges with hashish oil were found in her carry-on luggage. Before the exchange, Greiner and Booth were pardoned and will not have to serve their sentences in their home countries. The businessman was arrested in 2008 in Thailand at the request of Washington, and he was charged with illegal arms sales and supporting terrorism. Bout was imprisoned in Thailand for 2.5 years, and then he was extradited to the United States, and the court sentenced him to 25 years in prison in 2012. The Russian categorically did not admit his guilt.