KIEV, Ukraine, March 13 (UPI) -- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is investigating a report a Ukrainian businessman was arrested in Vienna at the FBI's request.
Danylo Lubkivsky, Ukrainian deputy foreign minister, said at a briefing in Kiev the ministry is investigating a report by the Austrian news website OE24.au that Dmytro Firtash was detained and suspected of organized crime.
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"The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has not put Firtash on any wanted persons' list," the Interior Ministry's press service told the news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
Firtash, 48, a businessman, is also head of the council of the Ukrainian Employers' Federation, a business and industry organization.
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