Russia: Yukos appeal against seizure ruling to be heard on 2 July
Moscow, 11 June: The Moscow Court of Arbitration has scheduled for 2 July the hearing of an appeal lodged by the
Yukos oil company against a 15 April ruling by a court of lower jurisdiction, lawyer Sergey Pepelyayev, who represents
the interests of Yukos in court, told journalists on Friday [11 June].
The lower court had ordered the seizure of the oil company's property as a precautionary measure in the Ministry
of Taxes and Levies [now transformed into the Federal Tax Service] action against Yukos on the recovery of more than
R99bn in tax payments.
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