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'''Dmytro Firtash''' (b. 1965) is a [[Ukrainian]] businessman who heads the board of directors of Group DF (the Firtash Group). Firtash, a one-time business partner of [[Paul Manafort]], was investigated by [[corrupt]] [[FBI]] attorney [[Lisa Page]].
'''Dmytro Firtash''' (b. 1965) is a [[Ukrainian]] businessman who heads the board of directors of Group DF (the Firtash Group). Firtash, a one-time business partner of [[Paul Manafort]], was investigated by [[corrupt]] [[FBI]] attorney [[Lisa Page]].
In March 2015 Firtash established the Agency for Modernization of Ukraine in [[Vienna]].<ref> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23745118.2016.1154646</ref>
On December 2, 2015 Firtash announced his intention to return to Ukraine to address the General Assembly of the Federation of Employers (FEU). Joe Biden, [[President Poroshenko]], and Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov took steps to prevent Firtash's return.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement Affidavit of [[Viktor Shokin]] on Biden shakedown], September 4, 2019.</ref> the next day ''[[Politico]]'' reported the Obama/Biden administration want a [[neo-Nazi]] group to arrest Firtash. The article stated:
{{quotebox|"Ukraine's Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov announced on Sunday that, after consulting with U.S. officials, he instructed Ukrainian police to detain Firtash should he attempt to enter Ukraine."<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/firtash-poroshenko-ukraine-oligarchs-corruption/ A Ukrainian oligarch’s foiled homecoming], By LINDA KINSTLEr, ''Politico,'', 12/3/15.</ref> Photos of an armed neo-Nazi paramilitary groups were posted on Avakov's [[Facebook]] page; ''Politico'' reported the "commander of Ukraine’s nationalist Azov Battalion, said that his volunteer fighters would arrest Firtash themselves if government forces failed to do so. He later posted a Facebook photo of his armed men waiting at Kiev's Borispol airport."
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