Dmytro Firtash, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dmytro Firtash

Ukrainian businessman

Date of Birth: 02-May-1965

Place of Birth: Bohdanivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: businessperson, politician, firefighter

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Dmytro Firtash

  • Dmytro Vasylovych Firtash (Ukrainian: ??????´ ????´?????? ??´????; born 2 May 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman who heads the board of directors of Group DF.
  • U.S.
  • federal prosecutors described Firtash in 2017 court papers as an associate of Russian organized crime.
  • He was highly influential during the Yuschenko administration and the Yanukovych administration.
  • As a middleman for the Russian natural gas giant Gazprom, Firtash funneled money into the campaigns of pro-Russia politicians in Ukraine.His many roles during the Yuschenko administration included: presidency of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU), an interest association of industrial enterprises that he chairs; chairmanship of the National Tripartite Social and Economic Council (NTSEC); co-chairmanship of Domestic and Foreign Investors Advisory Council under the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine; and membership in the Committee for Economic Reforms under the President of Ukraine. Firtash was arrested by Austrian authorities in March 2014.
  • In February 2017, the Vienna Court of Appeals ordered that Firtash be extradited to the United States, to face charges that he had secured a titanium extraction permit in India through $18.5 million in bribes. As of August 2016, Firtash has not returned to Ukraine following the Maidan revolution of 2014.
  • The current status of many of his various offices and titles within Ukraine are not clear; specifically those not directly related to his own business holdings.
  • To date, he has retained ownership of his assets within Ukraine, including those areas presently under Russian control.

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