KIEV: Ukrainian police have launched a criminal probe against ex-employees of a state gas company over their dealings with an oligarch whom the United States wants to extradite, the government said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the investigation was opened after the government went to court over the alleged embezzlement.
The government wants to find out what happened to US$256 million (230 million euros) worth of public funds that it says went missing in a deal between Naftogaz and the Ostchem chemical firm, owned by Dmytro Firtash.
Firtach is currently under house arrest in Vienna where a court is due to rule …read more
Source: theSun
