VILNIUS – Roman Ruzhechko, a suspect in a Russian probe into a major oil pipeline contamination earlier this year, has asked for political asylum in Lithuania, a Vilnius district court spokesman told Reuters on July 19.
Reuters: Suspect in Russian tainted oil scandal seeks political asylum in Lithuania
Belarus' workers open the discharge valve of the "Gomel" oil-pump station, part of the "Druzhba" pipeline in Bobovichi, some 330 km south-east of Minsk, Jan. 11, 2007.
