The Austrian prosecutor general has contested the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna (OLG) on the extradition of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash to the United States made in February 2017, Austria Press Agency (APA) has reported.
According to the publication, with reference to the prosecutor general’s statement, the OLG did not sufficiently investigate whether the U.S. request for extradition was politically motivated: even with “purely criminal” actions, it is necessary to check whether there is a political motivation.
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