MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) - Bailiffs removed huge stock from under arrest on the Yukos case, following an August 6 verdict of the Moscow Arbitration Court, reports the public relations centre of the federal Justice Ministry.
As we reported from a session of June 29, the Board of Appeal of the Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed a verdict for the Yukos to pay 99.342 billion roubles, roughly $3.4 billion, as back taxes for 2000. Bailiffs started proceedings the next day. The stock of the Yuganskneftegas, Samaraneftegas and Tomskneft-Yukos oil-extracting affiliates-was arrested, July 14.
Yukos lawyers doubted arrest legality, and so appealed to the Arbitration Court. The Yuganskneftegas arrest was found illegal in the hearings of August 6, Friday last.
In today's hearings, the court turned down a Yukos suit to confirm the legality of Tomskneft stock arrest.
The Samaraneftegas controversy will be heard, September 2.
