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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurprise: Ukrainian Oligarch Firtash linked to Giuliani pals' gas deals and Biden dirt digging
Ukrainian Oligarch Firtash linked to Giuliani pals' gas deals and Biden dirt digging
A Ukrainian oligarch who is fighting extradition to the U.S. may figure in both the dirt digging and the gas deals pursued by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
By Ken Dilanian, Dan De Luce and Tom Winter
WASHINGTON When two Rudy Giuliani associates were arrested last week and charged with funneling foreign money into political campaigns, two big questions lingered: Which foreigners were they working for, and what was their ultimate goal?
There are growing indications that a Ukrainian-backed oligarch who is fighting extradition to the United States figures in the answers.
The evidence is emerging from the mists of a complicated story.
The indicted pair, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were helping Rudy Giuliani hunt for dirt on Donald Trump's political opponents in Ukraine, even as they were also pitching potential partners on a business deal with Ukraine's gas company.
Oligarch Dmytro Firtash appears to be linked to both effort
More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/ukrainian-oligarch-firtash-linked-giuliani-pals-gas-deals-biden-dirt-n1067516
A Ukrainian oligarch who is fighting extradition to the U.S. may figure in both the dirt digging and the gas deals pursued by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
By Ken Dilanian, Dan De Luce and Tom Winter
WASHINGTON When two Rudy Giuliani associates were arrested last week and charged with funneling foreign money into political campaigns, two big questions lingered: Which foreigners were they working for, and what was their ultimate goal?
There are growing indications that a Ukrainian-backed oligarch who is fighting extradition to the United States figures in the answers.
The evidence is emerging from the mists of a complicated story.
The indicted pair, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were helping Rudy Giuliani hunt for dirt on Donald Trump's political opponents in Ukraine, even as they were also pitching potential partners on a business deal with Ukraine's gas company.
Oligarch Dmytro Firtash appears to be linked to both effort
More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/ukrainian-oligarch-firtash-linked-giuliani-pals-gas-deals-biden-dirt-n1067516
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Surprise: Ukrainian Oligarch Firtash linked to Giuliani pals' gas deals and Biden dirt digging (Original Post)
MelissaB
Oct 2019
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)1. For more background on Dmitry Firtash see
Craig Unger's great book House of Putin, House of Trump.
EDIT: to remove something I'm not positive is true.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)3. here's a 5th recommendation