Yukos under the hammer at $8.6bn
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Russia pressed ahead yesterday with controversial plans to break up the country&#39;s biggest oil company Yukos, setting a date of December 19 for an auction of its main production unit at a bargain basement starting price of $8.65bn (Â£4.88bn).
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The firm which controls embattled Russian oil giant Yukos says it will sue the government for $28.3bn.
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Yukos shares plunged 18% on the Russian exchange yesterday after reports that the oil firm has been hit with another back-tax bill, bringing its total debt to $17bn (Â£9.
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MOSCOW Sept. 27, 2004 - Assets of Russia&#39;s beleaguered Yukos oil company should be sold for at least $15 billion, a senior official said Monday, as the company&#39;s main production unit is evaluated for sale against a crushing back-tax bill.
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Russia&#39;s YUKOS raised $357 million to put toward a $3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the company was technically ready for bankruptcy.
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The troubles of Yukos drive up the price
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Russia will seek to raise at least 246.75 billion rubles ($8.6 billion) by selling a majority stake in OAO Yukos Oil Co.&#39;s main oil-producing unit next month, the Federal Property Fund said.
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Russia pressed ahead on Friday with the last step in the destruction of oil major YUKOS, saying it will auction its main Siberian unit on Dec. 19 for $8.65 billion and hit it with a new tax claim.
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The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase yesterday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company's richest energy fields and demanded another $6 billion in back taxes from a business already facing a crippling $14 billion bill for outstanding taxes and fines.
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The Russian government yesterday night appeared to be preparing to sell the main asset of Yukos, the countryâs embattled oil company, for as little as $4 billion - a fraction of its fair value â-n a move analysts branded as âdaylight robbery
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The heart of the Yukos oil empire will be auctioned by the government next month for what could be a bargain price to pay back a mounting multibillion-dollar tax bill  --  a dramatic finale to a relentless 18-month official probe that could destroy Russia's largest oil producer. A top Yukos manager slammed the plans as "government-organized theft."
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Oil prices spiked today after the Russian oil giant Yukos said it cannot pay wages and that its output could suffer due to a court ruling that froze some of its assets.
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The Russian oil company, Yukos, continued its legal battle with the Russian government in two-thousand-four. The government reported this year that Yukos owed more than twenty-seven thousand million dollars in taxes.
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MOSCOW  - Assets of Russia's beleaguered Yukos oil company should be sold for at least &#36;15 billion US, a senior official said Monday, as the company's main production unit is evaluated for sale against a crushing back-tax bill.
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An independent assessor valued Yukos&#39; main production unit at $14.7 billion to $17.3 billion on Thursday, the same day a news agency reported that a controlling stake in the business could be sold for just over $4 billion.
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MOSCOW  - Russia&#39;s Yukos does not begin the week teetering on the edge of ruin where it has been for months now. The oil giant is flat on its back, gasping for its last breaths of air.
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China lent Russia $6bn to help renationalise the key Yugansk unit of oil group Yukos, the Kremlin reveals.