Tymoshenko's husband asked for political asylum in Czech Republic
| "STATUS QUO", Kharkiv, 2012-01-06, 18:00 |
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The husband of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Alexander, who is now in the Czech Republic, asked for political asylum in this country. This was reported by the "RBC-Ukraine" with reference to the Czech newspaper "Pravo". According to the newspaper, A. Tymoshenko filed this request in the last days of 2011. The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Kubica discussed this request with Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on January 3.
According to the official website of BYuT, this step by A. Tymoshenko is the answer to "immoral attempts to put pressure on Yu.Tymoshenko through the persecution of her relatives and friends." "So, without breaking the leader of the "Batkivschyna" by courts, prisons, bullying and dual arrests, the regime, illegally re-establishing the criminal case of 15 years` prescription closed by the Supreme Court, started to persecute relatives of ex-prime minister", said at the press service of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
"SQ" Reference. October 11, the Pechersk Court in Kyiv sentenced Yulia Tymoshenko to 7 years imprisonment. She was found guilty under Part 3. 365 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power and authority) with disqualification to hold certain public offices for three years. The court also ordered Yu.Tymoshenko to reimburse 1 billion 516 million UAH to the "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and court costs too. The Court of Appeal of Kyiv dismissed the appeal of Yu. Tymoshenko against the sentence of the Pechersk District Court and upheld the verdict.
A year ago the Czech Republic has granted political asylum to former economy minister of Yu.Tymoshenko`s government Bogdan Danylyshyn. Then it led to a significant cooling of formal relations of Prague and Kyiv.
