Putin Changes Value Added Tax Payments
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Russia President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday that changes value added tax payments in the energy sector in a bid to increase economic cooperation with three other former Soviet republics.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin boosted the authority of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, seen as a guarantor of economic stability, in a government reshuffle on Monday that dropped Economy Minister German Gref.
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The Russian government is demanding a total of $4.09 billion for 2001 from Yukos. Apart from the fines, more than $3 billion in back taxes are being docked from the oil giant&#39;s frozen accounts.
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MOSCOW : Russian authorities hit the bruised Yukos oil giant with a battery of fresh tax claims which could see the firm&#39;s total debt soar to an astronomical 17 billion dollars.
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The Tax Ministry raised its tax bill for 2001 against the floundering Yukos oil giant by some &#36;700 million, bringing total back tax claims against Russia's biggest oil producer to &#36;7.4 billion, the company said Friday.
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ALARM has spread through the Russian investment community as authorities slapped a tax bill of almost $US160 million ($210 million) on the number two mobile operator, in what is widely seen as a government-linked campaign against the firm.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin, seeking to assuage rising public anger, promised a moderate increase in pensions and blamed federal and local officials yesterday for failing to properly implement Kremlin changes that cut off benefits to millions of Russians.
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Russian authorities yesterday claimed $158m (Â£94m) in back taxes from VimpelCom, the country&#39;s second-largest mobile phone company, raising fears of new political interference in business.
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Russian tax authorities have slapped oil giant Yukos and its main production unit with two new tax claims, raising the company&#39;s total bill to more than $17.
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Russia&#39;s finance minister announced a $5.4 billion increase in funding for four key security agencies on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin announced his plan for combatting terrorism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his government had bungled the implementation of changes to the country's creaking social security system but stood by the reform despite week-long protests by pensioners.
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MOSCOW - In the aftermath of a wave of terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced fundamental political changes that will further concentrate power in the Kremlin and erode Russia&#39;s fragile democracy.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered  sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help  combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of  exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.
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MOSCOW Sept. 14, 2004 - Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring $5.4 billion in additional funding into its security agencies, the first concrete new step in the anti-terrorism battle that President Vladimir Putin has called the country&#39;s No.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made constitutional changes on Monday designed to increase his personal control of the regions and parliament, saying the government needed &quot;strengthening&quot; because it had failed at Beslan in its fight against terrorism.
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Russia sets a date and price for the auction of embattled Russian oil giant Yukos' main unit, as it seeks payment of a massive tax bill.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced initiatives Monday that would further strengthen the central government's control over the nation's political life.