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flag Austria's top court blocks U.S. request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash over bribery claims, citing diplomatic immunity and international law.

flag An Austrian appeals court has ruled against extraditing Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the U.S. over bribery allegations involving Indian titanium mining licenses, citing his claimed diplomatic immunity as a former Belarus representative. flag The December 10 decision, final due to missed appeal deadlines, ends a decade-long legal battle that began with Firtash’s 2014 arrest and release on a $131 million bond. flag While a U.S. indictment alleges a scheme impacting a Chicago-based company, Boeing, which denies involvement, the court found the extradition request inadmissible under international law. flag Firtash denies wrongdoing.

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