As the director of this publishing house, Natalya Erkelents, told RG, the literature produced by the company is designed “for a thoughtful reader who understands that Western media is brainwashing and wants to have his own vision. events”.
“There’s no freedom in the German press, that’s understandable. But in Germany there are a lot of people who can’t stand the ‘noodles’ on their ears,” said the house boss. ‘editing. According to her, there is a demand for objective information about what really happened to Viktor Bout. And the February edition of the book is available to German-speaking readers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other European countries via popular online platforms.
Remember that the businessman Viktor Bout was detained by the American intelligence services in Thailand in 2008, then extradited to the United States, found guilty by a New York court of “conspiracies” against America and condemned to 25 years in prison. The trial was biased and based on the testimony of paid US intelligence informants. The Russian did not admit his guilt and refused the agreement offered to him with the investigation. In December 2022, after nearly 15 years in prison, Bout was returned to his native country in a prisoner exchange.
According to Natalia Erkelenc, the “Baltosios Gulbės” publishing house was originally founded with the aim of promoting a healthy and conscious lifestyle. Previously, the company published 45 books in Lithuanian, 12 in German and 3 in Russian.
The book “Victor Bout. The true story of the “Lord of Arms” was published in Russia by the AST publishing house and is based on exclusive interviews of the journalist RG with a Russian businessman, the newspapers of his wife Alla and documents previously unknown to the general public.