Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch with ties to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, could soon face extradition to the United States on bribery charges. Financial Times:
A Vienna court on Tuesday granted a request to extradite Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine’s richest and most powerful men, to the US on bribery charges, setting the stage for a potential US trial with ramifications stretching from Washington to Moscow.Vienna prosecutors subsequently arrested the Ukrainian oligarch after the ruling on a separate European arrest warrant issued by Spain on money laundering charges. Austria’s justice ministry may now have to decide between the …read more
Source: The American Interest
