As he fights extradition to the U.S., a Ukranian tycoon and alleged “upper-echelon” associate of the Russian mafia has aligned his defense closely with President Trump: He has hired lawyers who travel in the president’s inner circle and is pushing theories that he is being targeted for political reasons.
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Los Angeles Times: Indicted Ukrainian oligarch embraces Trump’s theories
Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash looks on prior to a public hearing at the supreme court in Vienna on June 25, 2019.
