Manafort was indicted in October on charges of failing to register as an agent of former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a close ally of both Firtash and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and of laundering payments from Ukraine to evade taxes. Though Manafort’s known direct ties to Firtash are limited to discussions over an abandoned New York real estate deal in 2008, any delay to Firtash’s extradition avoids an unwanted additional public relations headache for Manafort, at a minimum.