Report: Court Upholds Claim Against Yukos

A court on Wednesday upheld the Russian Tax Ministry's $3.4 billion tax claim against oil giant Yukos, according to the Interfax news agency.

The decision by the Moscow Arbitration Court nudges forward one leg of the complex legal actions against Yukos, whose former leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky is on trial on charges of fraud and tax evasion.

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