Yevgeni Titov

Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov says he is happy to have received political asylum in Lithuania despite the lengthy procedures.

Lithuania has granted asylum to Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov, the Migration Department said on Wednesday.

Evelina Gudzinskaitė does not plant to resign as director of the Lithuanian Migration Department under the Interior Ministry after receiving a negative assessment of her work.

Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday satisfied the claim by Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov who was refused asylum in Lithuania, authorizing the Migration Department to reconsider the foreigner's asylum application.

Lithuania's Migration Department said on Wednesday it agreed with the proposal from Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov to reconsider his asylum application, if he withdraws his plea to court.

Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov on Tuesday asked Lithuania's Migration Department to reconsider his application for political asylum.

The Lithuanian Migration Department currently cannot review its decision not to grant asylum to Yevgeni Titov, a Russian journalist, its director said on Monday.

Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas says that he will personally inquire about why Yevgeni Titov, a Russian journalist, has failed to obtain asylum in Lithuania.