Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash Thursday at the court of Vienna did not agree to voluntary extradition to the United States in the cases related to bribery for the right of extraction of titanium in India.
"No, I think that there is a political motivation," he said, and he passed the word to his defense For the subsequent statement of the position, reports the news Agency.
for its part, the judge, outlining the progress of the case, said that from the outset, the request for the detention of Firtash from U.S. government agencies were received in November 2013. However, it was cancelled after a few days, about what the U.S. government had notified at the end of 2013. Then, on 27 February 2014, has received a new request with the same content, and March 12, was issued the order on detention, which was made of police of Vienna on the same day. After entering of pledge on March 21, he was released under recognizance not to leave. Regarding the charges brought by the US authorities, the judge said that " the Firtash group was interested in the development of titanium deposits in India."" To do this, one must obtain a license, and during this procedure, Firtash and his subordinates were pokupalisj the officials, " he said, adding that a bribe has been spent around ? 19 million. According to judges, America had requested additional information. And among them, about what was the reason For revocation request in November 2013. The court of Vienna also asked U.S. law enforcement agencies to provide access to the statements 2 without return addresses of the witnesses on whose testimony is largely based charges, But have not received detailed explanations. Lawyer Firtash, citing politically motivated accusations the United States, said he was " an entrepreneur on a global scale ", since 2004 active in the gas market of Ukraine, and since 2006 has expanded its presence in the global titanium market. Besides, According to the defender, in the process of the election of the organization in Ukraine in 2010 Firtash not supported Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych." Titanium case was just a pretext", he concluded. First it was claimed that Firtash using Dating among the British elite, is trying to defend against extradition to the US, who blame businessman's conspiracy To bribe Indian bureaucrats.

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