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Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash reacts prior to a public hearing at the supreme court in Vienna on June 25, 2019. (Photo by HERBERT NEUBAUER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read HERBERT NEUBA... Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash reacts prior to a public hearing at the supreme court in Vienna on June 25, 2019. (Photo by HERBERT NEUBAUER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read HERBERT NEUBAUER/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

January 15, 2020 5:01 p.m.

One of the most intriguing revelations from the House’s release of the contents of Lev Parnas’ iPhone has to do with Vienna.

More precisely, it has to do with Ukrainian gas billionaire Dmytro Firtash, stranded in Vienna as he fights extradition to the U.S. on foreign bribery charges.

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