During his Wednesday interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda Radio, Bout was a lot more cautious, probably realizing that no special skills are required to be dispatched to the frontlines.Russians Fear They’ll Soon Be Starving ‘Like North Koreans’Gamov read a question sent in by one of the program’s listeners, identified only as “Vladimir Ivanovich”: “Let Bout prove his patriotism towards the Motherland by joining Wagner in Soledar.Did Prigozhin make him an offer of joining the PMC [a private military company]?” After a moment of stunned silence, Bout said with notable irritation, “No, there were no offers to join the PMC.Perhaps realizing that Bout was more comfortable criticizing America, Gamov asked: “You know the American mentality quite well.They’re being watched only in prisons, airports and nursing homes.”Bout delivered an unexpectedly cheerful prediction as to the future of Russia’s relations with the United States: “Sooner or later, the deep America will stand up, take power into its hands and install a normal president like Trump, who will say: “Why wouldn’t we want to get along with Russia?” Karpitskaya quietly replied: “We’ll be waiting.”Read more at The Daily Beast."