Odious Ukrainian oligarch can extradite to the United States

Ukrainian oligarch and former associate of the head of the election campaign of US President Donald Trump Paul Manafort Dmitry Firtash may be extradited to the United States in early July. He fought against extradition for 5 years, writes NBC News.

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In 2014, Firtash was charged that he was implicated in bribing Indian officials to make a profitable mining deal to sell titanium to Boeing. He was arrested in Vienna, Austria, in March 2014, and released on bail of 147 million. Since 2014, Firtash has challenged his extradition to the United States.

On the subject: Firtash refused voluntary extradition to the USA

Lawyer Dan Webb, representing Firtash, said in a letter to the judge that the Austrian Supreme Court is expected to decide at a public hearing on June 12 whether Firtash will be handed over to US officials.

Webb said that his client’s Austrian lawyers believe that if the Austrian Supreme Court approves the decision to extradite a lower court of appeal, Firtash may travel to the US through the 7-10 days after the June hearings.

Webb writes: “Although it is still impossible to predict with certainty, the Austrian lawyers of Mr. Firtash believe that under current circumstances he may be extradited already in the first week of July.”

Webb also said that in light of these events, he asks the judge to decide on Firtash's motion to reject the indictment, which states that federal prosecutors in Chicago do not have jurisdiction over him.

The federal prosecutor's office stated in 2017 that Firtash and his co-accused in the proposed scheme of bribery, Andras Knopp, "were identified by law enforcement agencies of the United States as two representatives of the highest level of Russian organized crime."

On the subject: The United States accused the Ukrainian oligarch of links with the Russian mafia

In a letter from 2018, Mississippi State Senator Roger Vicker to former Attorney General Jeff Sessionsu stated that Firtash acted as the Kremlin’s “direct agent” in a scheme to collect money from natural gas supplies between Russian company Gazprom and Ukraine.

Firtash’s spokeswoman and lawyers, Webb and Lanny Davis, said the accusations in Vicker's letter were “clearly false.”

In the 2008 year, according to court records, Firtash was associated with the firm of Paul Manafort, who later headed the election campaign of Donald Trump, and was associated with redevelopment plans for the New York Drake Hotel for 850 million dollars. According to reports, the company Firtash planned to invest more than 100 million dollars.

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