According to Pravo´s information, Czech Interior Minister Jan Kubice discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on Wednesday. Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison in Ukraine last year in a trial that the domestic opposition and the West have criticised as politically motivated.
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Czech Happenings: Tymoshenko’s husband seeks Czech asylum
On Oct. 11, police officers lead former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko out of the courtroom after a verdict in her case has been rendered at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kyiv, Ukraine as her husband Oleksandr sits by.
