The court in Vienna has refused to satisfy the motion of the Austrian prosecutors regarding the arrest of the Ukrainian businessman, Dmytro Firtash, on Spain`s extradition request, Ukrainska Pravda reported citing a source close to Mr Firtash.
As reported earlier, on February 17, Austria received Spain`s request for the extradition of Dmytro Firtash, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
On February 21, Firtash was arrested in the Vienna courthouse according to an EU arrest warrant upon Spain`s request in a money laundering case, following a ruling of the Vienna Higher Regional Court in favor of a possibility of his extradition to the United States.
The final decision on the extradition will be taken by the Federal Minister of Justice.
At the same time, a source close to Firtash said that the Ukrainian businessman`s defense team has found a formula to appeal yesterday`s ruling.
