The US authorities cannot confirm the authenticity of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article about the involvement of the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk region, Viktor Buta, in the sale of a shipment of small arms to the Yemeni Houthis, he stated. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. he said in a briefing.
“I cannot confirm this report today… Wall Street Journal” – she said.
Previously, WSJ sources reported that Bout, who returned to Russia two years ago as a result of a prisoner exchange, participated in negotiations with the Yemeni Houthis over arms sales. According to the publication, he met in Moscow with representatives of the movement who wanted to negotiate the purchase of machine guns for 10 million dollars. As a result, the deal was closed: it concerns the supply of small arms to Yemen, the WSJ wrote.
The Kremlin considered the material to be fake. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitri Peskov He stated that the article is one of the “information attacks on the representatives of our people.” Booth, in a conversation with RBC, called the article false and accused the publication of political bias and connections with the CIA.
