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12:18 30Jul2004 RTRS-UPDATE 1-Russian bailiff gives YUKOS a month to pay taxes

(Updates with context on asset sales, shares)
MOSCOW, July 30 (Reuters) - Russian bailiffs have given oil major YUKOS <YUKO.RTS> a month to pay off its $3.4 billion tax debt, giving a boost to the company`s battered stock, which has been pummelled on fears of imminent asset sales.
Chief bailiff Andrei Belyakov was quoted by Interfax news agency on Friday as saying YUKOS had paid 20 percent of its back-taxes for the year 2000, and that YUKOS executives had assured him at a meeting that they wanted to accelerate payments.
"The remainder must be repaid within a month," Interfax quoted Belyakov as saying.
"We made it quite clear that foot-dragging under any pretext is pointless. We will take harsh steps under the authority the law gives us."
Belyakov`s comments appeared to give Russia`s largest oil producer a brief reprieve after the justice ministry said last week it wanted to seize and sell core operating unit Yuganskneftegaz to recover the tax debt.
Yuganskneftegaz accounts for over 60 percent of YUKOS`s 1.7 million barrels per day in oil production, and the company has said its sale, compounded by a freeze on its assets, could force it to file for bankruptcy.
YUKOS`s shares <YUKO.MM> rallied on Belyakov`s comments, trading up over 9 percent higher and tripling earlier session gains.
((Writing by Douglas Busvine, editing by Will Waterman; e-mail: [e-mail], RM: [e-mail], tel: [phone]))

[Einsparpotenzial]

#1
Kann das mal einer übersetzen?
Mein Änglisch reicht nicht aus!

[Akionar]

Da schauts mal übel aus!

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#3
Wo?

[AlfaRus]

Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn:

Positiv (Reuters Text): Yukos erhält eine Gnadenfrist von einem Monat, um die noch ausstehenden 80% an Steuerschulden aus 2000 zu begleichen. Wird die Aufschubfrist nicht eingehalten, wechselt Belyako in eine härtere Gangart.

Unabhängig von der Meldung:

Spekulativ: die Entscheidung zu den rückständigen Steuerschulden aus 2001 mit Blick auf den Einspruch seitens Yukos steht an, ebenso die Veröffentlichung der Steuerschulden 2002 und 2003)

Negativ: An einer VeräußerungYugansk bestehen kaum Zweifel