A Manhattan judge has delayed the trial for a former Soviet military officer charged with trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group.
Viktor Bout appeared at a pretrial hearing Thursday.
He originally was to start trial in September. The new date is Oct. 11. The defendant has changed lawyers.
Bout was extradited from Thailand last year and has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges. He was arrested in March 2008 in a Bangkok hotel.
The Russian government has complained that his extradition was unlawful and political.
