US details charges against Ukrainian oligarch

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CHICAGO (AP) — One of Ukraine’s most influential oligarchs and a major player in the sale of Russian natural gas to Ukraine allegedly spearheaded an international conspiracy to pay at least $18 million in bribes to mine titanium in India and sell it to a Chicago-based company, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Chicago.

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