Christmas comes early this year for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash. On August 1, the tycoon may pocket about $1 billion through a new change to the gas transportation system code (GTS Code). It sounds arcane, but Ukraine’s elites need to act fast to avoid awarding a giant windfall to an oligarch with ties to the Kremlin.
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Oleksandr Kharchenko: Why is Ukraine giving fugitive oligarch Dmytro Firtash a $1 billion windfall?
Ukrainian billionaire oligarch Dmytro Firtash is currently in exile in Vienna awaiting the result of a US appeal to extradite him to Chicago to face trial for allegedly bribing US officials. Spain also filed extradition papers on Nov. 26 for Firtash to be tried in Spain for alleged money laundering.
