European politicians to visit Yulia Tymoshenko despite refusal from prison service

The visit by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) and PA member from Sweden Asa Lindestam to the Kachanivska penal colony scheduled for March 5 will take place as a show of solidarity and support for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other political prisoners in Ukraine, according to the Official web site of Yulia Tymoshenko.

The European politicians will hold a press briefing outside the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv at 10 am on March 5.