Tag: Austria

Where did embezzler Yuriy Golik disappear to?

Yuri Golik, Big Construction

Following a series of high-profile scandals and criminal cases surrounding the presidential "Great Construction" program, in which its overseer from Bankova, Yuri Golik, figured in a variety of capacities, the latter suddenly disappeared from both the media and the country. The most interesting part of this story isn't how much Golik stole, but...

Austrian MPs demand investigation of Zhevago's villas and Voestalpine deals

A 20-question parliamentary inquiry regarding the Ukrainian billionaire's business empire has been sent to the Austrian Ministry of Finance. Members of parliament are interested in four villas, four Austrian companies, a Danube shipping company with a balance sheet loss of approximately €41 million, Ferrexpo's tax transactions, and the possible use of classified information in stock trading.

Yuriy Golik, the curator of the embezzlement scheme at the Big Construction project, has fled Ukraine.

Yuri Golik

Yuriy Golik, consultant to the Presidential Office, the ideologist behind the "Great Construction" project, and the central figure in the NABU leak, is likely already enjoying the Austrian landscape. This is reported by The Whistleblower. According to sources in the State Border Service, he left through the "Shlyakh" system, using a disability certificate. The publication's sources claim his final destination is Austria. As a reminder,...

An Austrian court has permanently blocked Dmitry Firtash's extradition to the United States.

Dmytro Firtash, Group DF, dossier, biography, compromising information

An Austrian court has finalized the extradition case against Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States, according to the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, citing a ruling by the Vienna Higher Regional Court. The court rejected the Vienna prosecutor's office's request to reinstate the missed appeal deadline. As a result, the previous decision…

Has he become untouchable? Media outlets have uncovered another reason for Firtash's refusal to be extradited to the US.

Dmytro Firtash, Group DF, dossier, biography, compromising information

Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash enjoys diplomatic immunity, protecting him from extradition to the United States as part of an ongoing American corruption case. How lucky for Dmytro Firtash! RBC-Ukraine reports this, citing Austrian media. A Viennese court provided the media with an anonymous copy of the ruling, which...

After searches in Germany, Shurma moved to Austria – UP

Shurma Rostislav: Medvedchuk’s sent Cossack. PART 2

According to UP sources, following searches at the request of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) at the home of former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostislav Shurma, he moved from Germany to Austria. Is Rostislav Shurma happier there? Details: Now, according to UP sources, Rostislav Shurma has moved from Germany to Austria. There have already been precedents of extradition in Germany at the request of...

A manhunt has begun for Timur Mindich, who fled to Europe. Zelenskyy has turned to Budanov for help.

Timur Mindich

About three weeks ago, Austrian intelligence agencies recorded a meeting in Vienna between Ukrainian intelligence officials and contacts of a Serbian criminal group. The topic was the assassination of Timur Mindic. According to our diplomatic source, Austria sent an official request to Ukraine asking for clarification on the circumstances of this meeting.