The Constitutional Court of Austria has refused the consideration of an appeal submitted by Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, accused by the United States of corruption, on the unconstitutionality of the agreement on extradition between Austria and the United States, the Deutsche Welle edition has reported.

The court refused the consideration of the businessman's petition, in which he demanded to recognize the extradition agreement between Austria and the United States unconstitutional. The relevant ruling was made on July 2.

"Thus, the court of appeals has now no obstacles to consideration of the prosecutor's office complaint about the decision of the trial court, which refused the extradition of Firtash to the United States," the report reads.

For the period of consideration of Firtash's petition filed to the Constitutional Court, the court of appeals, in accordance with the procedural rules, was forced to suspend consideration of the case.

"The United States accuses Firtash of paying $18.5 million bribes to obtain permit for extraction of titanium in India. The oligarch faces up to 50 years in prison and confiscation of all assets," according to the statement.

The trial court in spring 2015 prohibited the extradition of Firtash, pointing to the impossibility of ruling out the political motives of the request to extradite the Ukrainian oligarch to the United States. In September, the Vienna prosecutor's office filed an appeal against the decision.