The court allowed extradited in the US odious Ukrainian oligarch

The Austrian Supreme Court allowed the extradition of the odious Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash to the United States. This was stated by the judge at the meeting 25 June in Vienna.

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With this decision, he did not satisfy the appeal of the businessman’s lawyers, which they filed in December 2017, the correspondent reports Radio Liberty.

Now, only the signature of the Austrian Justice Minister, who is to approve the decision, separates Dmitry Firtash from the extradition.

Neither Dmitry Firtash nor his lawyer commented on the court decision and left the building.

At the end of last week in Chicago, federal judge Rebecca Pallmeyer refused to drop the bribery charges against Firtash. The decision taken at the end of last week and set out on the 39 pages was reported by American media.

On the subject: Odious Ukrainian oligarch can extradite to the United States

The prosecutors indictment accuses Firtash of plotting to give a bribe in India for the extraction of titanium used in jet engines.

Austrian authorities detained Firtash in 2014 year. If Austria decides on his extradition, the former ally of the Ukrainian ex-President Viktor Yanukovych can be extradited to the United States in July.

Firtash denies wrongdoing. His defense insists that the United States does not have jurisdiction over crimes in India. Judge Pallmeyer ruled that the case could be dealt with in America because the scheme influenced the American company Boeing.

Boeing representatives said they were considering business with Firtash, but never entered into agreements with him. Boeing is not accused of violations in connection with this case.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• US Department of Justice 2017 accused Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash of XNUMX in ties with the Russian mafia. The 115-page judicial document states that Dmitry Firtash and his associate Hungarian Andrash Knopp are high-ranking members of Russian organized crime and tried to organize an international titanium racket.
• In 2014, Firtash was arrested by the Austrian authorities, but was released on bail of $ 174 million.
• In the US, he is accused of trying to get permission to mine titanium in India using bribes totaling $ 18,5 million, as well as using American accounts and servers in transferring bribes to Indian officials. Prosecutors also noted that the case against the oligarch concerns bribery of foreign officials, “what Congress considers a threat to world security.”
• Titanium sponge should be supplied to Boeing, headquartered in Chicago. Firtash’s profits from this transaction should have been $ 500 million. For all the US accusations against Firtash, 50 faces years in prison and confiscation of all property.
• Firtash's business was linked to the ex-head of the campaign headquarters of US President Donald Trump Paul Manafort. It turns out that in 2008, Firtash was going to rebuild a hotel in New York with Manafort. It was about demolishing in 2007, the famous Drake Hotel in Manhattan. The project of building a new hotel in its place was estimated at $ 850 million. Firtash’s company was about to invest $ 100 million in the project. However, this transaction did not take place. Paul Manafort himself, in a commentary on NBC, said that he “never had a business relationship” with Firtash.
• We note that in Ukraine, Firtash is suspected of embezzling 2,6 billion hryvnia from the National Bank of Ukraine and the bankrupt Nadra bank.
• In 2013, Firtash's fortune was estimated at $ 3,327 billion. He was the owner of the Ukrainian television channel Inter, holding company Group DF, 45% RosUkrEnergo, Cherkassy-based Azot. He also has assets in the chemical industry and energy infrastructure. In addition to Ukraine, the businessman owns companies in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Tajikistan, Switzerland, Estonia.
• 7 June 2019 of the year appeared in the media that Firtash may be extradited to the United States. in early July after a five-year struggle against a possible expulsion to America.

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