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A really interesting story here from AFP, on Dmytro Firtash, a sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch who says he now supporting the war effort.
Sanctioned by Ukraine in the past over his close ties to Russia, Dmytro Firtash, one of the country’s wealthiest citizens, made international headlines this week for saying he is sheltering hundreds of Ukrainians in his chemical factory.
“This war is completely pointless and cannot be justified in any way, it only brings suffering and misery on all sides. This humanitarian tragedy is intolerable,” the 57-year-old said in a statement on his company’s website.
An AFP request to interview Firtash is pending.
Firtash is also wanted on bribery and racketeering charges in the United States. In the case, Indian officials allegedly received $18.5 million in bribes to secure titanium mining licences in 2006. Firtash, who denies the charges and says he is the victim of a smear campaign, was detained in Austria in March 2014.
