Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death,” has made a comeback to the arms trading business and is seeking to broker sales of small arms to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Bout, 57, was freed in a December 2022 prisoner swap with U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Throughout his two-decade criminal career, Bout is believed to have aided both rebels and legitimate governments in an array of conflict zones, including Afghanistan, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In August, Bout met with two Houthi emissaries in…