{"id":15748,"date":"2014-03-19T03:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=15748"},"modified":"2014-03-19T03:09:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:09:17","slug":"austrian-court-rules-on-firtash-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/austrian-court-rules-on-firtash-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Court Rules on Firtash Extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said that a court in Vienna has ruled to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States. \u00a0The FBI has been mounting its case since 2006 and is focused on a deal in India.<\/p>\n

Last fall, after ousted Ukrainian leader Yanukovych turned for help to Russia as protests against him started to swell, Gazprom offered Ukraine a 35\u00a0percent discount on the condition that Firtash return as middle man.<\/p>\n

Most of the natural gas that Russia sells to Europe travels across Ukraine, providing one of the largest sources of revenue for the Russian government. Firtash\u2019s company also has a role in those sales.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said that a court in Vienna has ruled to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States. \u00a0The FBI has been mounting its case since 2006 and is focused on a deal in India. Last fall, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t