Discussion: Manafort Associate Firtash Lurches Towards U.S. Extradition

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Anyone taking odds he goes into “hiding”?

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Firtash does not want to go back to Ukraine. He would be quickly jailed. If he can’t hang out in Switzerland, he’ll go to the US and cut a deal.

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“Firtash” is an odd name.

What is the origin of that?

Not very common, but there are some Austrians listed as Firtasz/Fertash/Firtash on ancestry.com. It sounds more like it would have come from the Hungarian end of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

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I would be more concerned about his being poisoned or tossed out of a high window. Putin does not mess around…let’s hope he makes it to trial in one piece.

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Does this guy have to fear justice in a U.S. courtroom or a slow, painful death caused by “accidentally” ingesting plutonium-infused kool-aid that the Austrian prison kitchen “commonly” leaves lying around? Putin-you-to-sleep?

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He’s an oligarch, so I’m pretty sure he has tasters and bodyguards and other insurance policies.

The Ecuadorian Embassy in London is looking for a new house guest, the current on is getting tiresome.