Court Seen Lifting YUKOS Block -- Lawyers
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A U.S. bankruptcy court is likely to  revoke its temporary ban on the sale of Russian oil group  YUKOS's main production unit, lawyers said on Friday.
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MOSCOW  - A Russian court was to consider the beleaguered Yukos oil company's appeal on Tuesday to suspend government efforts to collect &#36;3.4 billion US (&#36;4.5 billion Cdn) in back taxes -a massive bill that has put Russia's largest oil producer on the verge of ruin.
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MOSCOW  - Russia pushed ahead with the weekend auction of the core asset of oil giant Yukos despite a US court order barring the sale, a rare legal victory that is unlikely to prevent the state from gaining control.
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MOSCOW : The battered Russian oil giant Yukos said a Moscow court had frozen its 34.5 percent stake in rival Sibneft, halting a reversal of their merger that would provide cash for Yukos to settle massive tax bills.
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Stricken Russian oil giant Yukos was hoping that a US court would grant it bankruptcy protection, scaring off Western banks planning to finance a Russian state-directed takeover of its main asset.
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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 auction by the Russian state of its main production 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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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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A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant's core subsidiaries.
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Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom  GAZPq.L on Saturday filed an appeal in U.S. district court  seeking to overturn a bankruptcy judge's order temporarily  blocking the auction of Yukos' YUKO.RTS main oil producing  subsidiary, planned for Sunday.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court moves on Wednesday into the final phase of prolonged legal challenges to liberal Viktor Yushchenko's presidential election victory, with a ruling likely to clear the way for his inauguration.
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Lawyers for core shareholders in Yukos have vowed to sue the Russia &#39;s gas giant Gazprom or any other buyer of the stricken oil group&#39;s main subsidiary, Yuganskneftegaz, which is up for auction.
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Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  with an auction to sell the key asset of embattled oil company  YUKOS YUKO.MM despite a U.S. bankruptcy court decision to  block it for several days.
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Russian authorities piled up yet more pressure on the embattled Yukos oil giant, issuing a warrant against its chief lawyer and promising to increase its multi-billion-dollar tax bill.
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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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A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant&#39;s core subsidiaries.
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Ukraine's supreme court begins hearing a final appeal over a rerun presidential election, with the justices widely expected to confirm Viktor Yushchenko's victory in the historic vote, enabling him to assume power.