Czech Happenings: Tymoshenko’s husband gets no ‘political asylum’, says Czech embassy

Oleksandr Tymoshenko, husband of imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has not received "political asylum" in the Czech Republic but his asylum is a form of international protection and its reasons may not be political, the Czech embassy in Kiev said today. The embassy issued an official statement "in reaction to a number of inquiries by the public." Read more here.