“It became clear that Toensing & diGenova’s PR efforts had intersected with their work for Firtash last week when an affidavit emerged 1/
“signed by Shokin, Ukrainian prosecutor general fired in 2016..&submitted on Firtash’s behalf to an Austrian court” politico.com/amp/news/2019/… 
Shokin affidavit claims Biden improperly pressured govt of Ukraine to prevent Firtash from entering Ukraine from where can’t be extradited
But Shokin move to speak up on behalf of Firtash has further undermined his credibility in..US & Ukraine where viewed as corrupt bureaucrat
so, Firtash&Shokin interests, at least as massaged by their lawyers, would seem to be aligned after all. smear biden, escape US extradition
and align w the interests of Toensing/DiGenova/Giuliani trying to manufacture and weaponize dirt to use to benefit Trump in US elections
“Firtash worked with Paul Manafort on an abortive effort in 2008 to redevelop a New York hotel for $895 million. Firtash also reportedly
“played a role in Manafort’s 2005 hiring as a consultant to the Party of Regions, the pro-Russian..party of which Firtash was a major backer
“The Giuliani team does not understand Ukraine. If it did,..wd not be representing Dmytro Firtash, perhaps the most odious oligarch” in Ukrn
“Shokin’s defense of Firtash underscores that he was never and is not today a fighter against corruption,” ex US amb. to Ukraine John Herbst
"There is now a distinct possibility of a Russian hand in all this,” Adrian Karatnycky, ex pres. Freedom Hse, noting Firtash’s Kremlin ties
“DiGenova said he was in meetings in Vienna — where his client Firtash is awaiting extradition — and did not respond to questions.”
