The oligarch lost a lawsuit in Austria.
Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash again lost a lawsuit in Austria and is close to extradition to the United States, where he is facing criminal proceedings on suspicion of corruption, according to DW.
The Vienna Regional Court for Criminal Cases has denied Firtash a retrial on the admissibility of extradition, the newspaper reported, citing the court's press service.
The Viennese newspaper Der Standard writes that the decision was made on March 16. Firtash has until the 30th to file an appeal.
In the spring of 2014, Dmitry Firtash was arrested in Vienna at the request of the United States, and the extradition lawsuit lasted eight years. The Ukrainian's lawyers have filed petitions and hundreds of volumes of materials that must prove that the US claims against the oligarch allegedly have a purely political connotation.
With the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Firtash's lawyers changed their defense strategy and said that the Ukrainian businessman would ask the court for permission to travel to Ukraine – despite a written undertaking not to leave – to “defend the Motherland.” But the Vienna Regional Court did not receive an official petition.
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Firtash is accused of colluding with Indian officials for a long time and trying to bribe $ 18.5 million to buy a titanium mine in India. He allegedly had to sell some of the products to the American aerospace giant Boeing.
As reported by ZN.UA , the Americans are determined to put an end to Firtash's case . And they are disappointed not only with the delay of the Austrians with extradition, but also with the oligarch's ability to make huge profits in Ukraine, earning not only from regional gas companies, but also in the chemical and titanium spheres, where he (during the Russian aggression!) partner “of the Russians.
