Court of Vienna in criminal cases on Thursday took the decision to refuse the extradition of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash in the U.S., reports journalist Last news .

"Request of the USA for extradition is not satisfied," announced the Judge Christoph Bauer on 10-hour meeting. His message was greeted with applause.

The Prosecutor said that the provided documents sufficient for a decision on extradition. The judge declared that the American side has not responded to requests for additional information and did not want to disclose the identity 2 without return addresses of the witnesses on whose testimony the prosecution is being built.

during the meeting, lawyers for the billionaire told that the prosecution Firtash in the USA, where he is accused of bribing Indian politicians in order to obtain a license for the development of titanium deposits, was politically motivated and called a "geopolitical game" between the US and Russia for influence in Ukraine. They claimed, supported by witness protection, Firtash has come to the attention of the USA, when he became a mediator in the export of gas from Russia. Then it has gained increasing market share of strategically important raw materials of titanium, and Then provided political support first, Viktor Yanukovych, and then Vitali Klitschko, who were undesirable for the U.S. presidential candidates in Ukraine.

in the form of witnesses at the trial were the 1st head of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, the former head of the presidential administration, Serhiy Lyovochkin, former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko. The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko gave evidence via video link in a closed meeting when reporters and other observers of the trial were removed from the hall.

in the process of meeting Firtash and witnesses discussed the role of oligarchs in the political battle in the period of the Maidan and after Yanukovych fled, insisting that he was politically influential figure and was in conflict with the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and also advocated for equal relations of Ukraine with the European Union and Russia. Firtash was placed behind bars in Vienna on 12 March 2014, and then released on his own recognizance after entering a record for Austria the bail of 125 million euros.

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