Spectre of bankruptcy as Yukos told to pay 3.5 billion dlr tax bill

Russia's embattled oil giant Yukos was ordered by a Moscow court to pay a bill for unpaid taxes of 3.5 billion dollars, raising the spectre of bankruptcy for the group founded by jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The Moscow arbitration court upheld a demand by the Russian tax ministry for 99 billion roubles (2,91 billion euros, 3.5 billion dollars) in unpaid taxes in 2000 and extra fines and interest.

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