The Federal Tax Service has demanded in court that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev pay 17,802 million rubles

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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The Federal Tax Service has demanded in court that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev pay 17,802 million rubles ($1=27.8 rubles) for tax evasion as legal entities. A spokeswoman for the tax service said that the claim was based on tax examination. "This sum comprises back taxes and illegal use of bills of exchange," she said. According to her, it is the only opportunity to recompense property damage. "The claims stated during the proceedings and the claims considered in the Arbitration Court are different and based on the results of different tax checks," she said. At the same time, she added that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev had evaded taxation as legal entities in 1999-2000. According to the prosecutors, Khodorkovsky had evaded taxation as a member of an organized group of counterfeit legal persons who were registered in a closed administrative and territorial area. "Companies feigned the movement of oil and oil products," said the spokeswoman

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