Ukrainian Oligarch Firtash Loses Fight Over U.S. Extradition
- Firtash is wanted by U.S. prosecutors over Indian corruption
- Austrian court dismisses claim request is politically driven
Dmitry Firtash at the supreme court in Vienna on June 25.
Photographer: Herbert Neubauer/AFP via Getty Images
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Austria’s highest court backed a U.S. request to extradite Dmitry Firtash on corruption charges, giving a green light for the Ukrainian tycoon to be sent to the U.S. for trial, possibly in the coming weeks.
The Supreme Court dismissed complaints by Firtash’s lawyers and by Austria’s Attorney General, who had both argued that the case is motivated by U.S. interests in influencing Ukraine’s politics.