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An attempt by a billionaire Ukrainian businessman to sue a Ukrainian newspaper in the High Court in London was rejected by a judge yesterday. High Court Master John Leslie dismissed the case brought against the Kyiv Post by businessman Dimitry Firtash, saying that the link to the English jurisdiction was "tenuous in the extreme". Firtash had sought to sue the newspaper over an article it published about his gas company, RosUkrEergo AG, which he says suggests corruption. Read the story here