RUSSIA * US * YUKOS * LAWSUIT * YUGANSK * AUCTION
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MOSCOW, December 17 (RIA Novosti) - Yesterday, a Houston court started hearing Yukos&#39;s petition for bankruptcy. The company filed the petition to contest the December 19 auction of a 77% stake in its main
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Russian oil major YUKOS said on  Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S.  court and would seek an order from the court to halt the Dec.  19 sale by the Russian state of its main oil unit.
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Russia&#39;s Federal Property Fund said Friday it will go ahead with an auction of the embattled Yukos oil giant&#39;s major unit Yuganskneftegaz despite a US court decision to halt the sale, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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MOSCOW - Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos filed for bankruptcy protection in a US court in a last-ditch bid to avert auction of its core production unit.
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The majority owner of embattled Russian oil company Yukos threatened legal action Monday against potential suitors for its main subsidiary, which is to be auctioned off by the government next Sunday.
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: The Bush administration today protested Russiaâs auction of Yukosâ main oil production unit and warned it could have a âchilling effectâ on foreign investment in Russia.
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Oil giant Yukos files for bankruptcy protection in the US to try to stop the Kremlin auctioning its main assets.
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Russian oil company Yukos, possibly making its last stand to prevent Russia from selling its main production unit in a tax dispute, asked a US bankruptcy judge Thursday to block a scheduled auction of the unit.
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Russian oil major YUKOS said on Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court and would seek an order from the court to halt the Dec. 19 sale by the Russian state of its main oil unit.
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MOSCOW, Russia -- Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos is set to learn if a US bankruptcy court will try to block the sale of its main production unit this weekend.
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Russia won an incremental victory in the legal struggle for what remains of the foreign subsidiaries of Yukos. A Dutch court approved a request by the Russian bankruptcy administrator, Eduard K. Rebgun, to represent Yukos in court in the Netherlands. While most of Yukosâs assets have been unraveled and sold at auction, a company bank account in the Netherlands holding about $1 billion from the sale of a Lithuanian refinery is still in dispute. A Dutch court has yet to rule on Mr. Rebgunâs claim to the property, according to a statement by Yukos shareholders. The money is also claimed by Yukos shareholders and creditors.
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The Yukos oil company has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and appealed for a temporary restraining order against the auction of its main production unit that is scheduled for Sunday - dramatically challenging the Russian government to enter arbitration proceedings.
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The legal battle over the future of Yukos, the troubled Russian oil giant, intensified yesterday as first Deutsche Bank filed to dismiss Yukos&#39; claim of bankruptcy protection in the US and then
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The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase Friday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company&#39;s
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Russian oil giant Yukos files for bankruptcy protection in the US in a last ditch effort to stop the Kremlin auctioning its main production unit.
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MOSCOW  - In an eleventh-hour move, the Yukos oil company has filed for bankruptcy in a United States Court and is demanding the cancellation of this weekend's auction of its main production unit.
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Oil giant Yukos files for bankruptcy protection in the US in a last ditch bid to prevent the Kremlin auctioning its main asset.