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Austrian Court Allows US to Retry Extradition of Ukrainian Businessman

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Overview

  • Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash won a legal battle allowing U.S. extradition proceedings to be reopened.
  • Firtash faces charges of conspiracy to pay bribes to mine titanium in India.
  • He denies any wrongdoing and was released on $136 million bail in 2014.
  • A Vienna court originally ruled against extradition for political reasons but higher courts OK'd it.
  • New evidence allowed the reopening of extradition proceedings, according to the court.