According to a report by Stratfor, an American analytic outfit, Bout served with Igor Sechin in Mozambique in the 1980s. Bout's training allowed him to become a polyglot and master five foreign languages: Portuguese, English, French, Arabic, and Farsi. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States had made a "substantial offer" to Russia to release Griner and Paul Whelan, another American who had been convicted of spy activities in Russia, but declined to say what the United States was offering. Viktor, who quickly befriended the creature, offered to help Singed in his experiments, and the alchemist sent Viktor to collect materials for him.

The indictment alleges that in 2004 "Bout and Chichakli took steps to form new aviation and other companies, and took specific steps to register these companies in the name of other individuals. Many of Viktor's colleagues disagreed with him vehemently, stating that humanity was an important source of creativity. The cargo supposedly had end-user certificates from Zaire, but the true end-user was UNITA in neighboring Angola.In February 2011, Thompson signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Rick Victor.

The entire history of your city: its glorious achievements, its sinister secrets, painstakingly documented, waiting to be read. Viktor's left arm is a 4-fingered mechanical prosthesis; his other limbs may be prosthetic as well or simply armored.On the April 23 episode of Raw, The Ascension, once again as heels, facing against the team of Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt in a losing effort. On the September 27 episode of SmackDown Live, The Ascension picked up their first win on the brand, when The Ascension and The Usos defeated Heath Slater, Rhyno and American Alpha ( Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) in an eight-man tag team match. After feuding with and assaulting Itami for several weeks, a second international wrestler, Finn Bálor, joined Itami in his fight against both Konnor and Viktor. Seeing the squandered potential in Hextech, Viktor saved Jayce's journal from disposal behind Heimerdinger's back. With the Piltover and Zaun crisis at its height, as people of two worlds (Viktor from Zaun, Jayce from Piltover) the relationship between would strain.

This came to fruition during a collaboration with Jayce to improve diving suits used to keep Piltover’s docks clear of underwater debris and lingering chemical waste.With his ever worsening condition due to once living in polluted Zaun, Viktor would try and cement his legacy (and possibly save his own life) with the creation of the Hexcore. Heimerdinger was the person who found Viktor and brought him to Piltover to better pursue his passions as an inventor. Bout is suspected of supplying weapons to numerous armed groups in Africa in the 2000s, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Second Congo War. Rewind the Past, Control the Future - Explore and traverse through the spectacular city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with an ingenious device to manipulate time, in this story-driven action platformer. Following the suspension, Viktor began competing in singles competition, mainly on Superstars and Main Event.