Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MOSCOW177
2007-01-18 13:32:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIA ENERGY: PWC TAX CASE TRAIL DATE SET
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UNCLAS MOSCOW 000177
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/RUS, EB/ESC/IEC, EB/CBA
FRANKFURT FOR SUSAN STANLEY, BILL COTTER
TREASURY FOR BAKER/GAERTNER
NSC FOR TOM GRAHAM AND TRACY MCKIBBEN
USDOC FOR 4231/IEP/EUR/JBROUGHER
DOE FOR HARBERT/EKIMOFF/PISCITELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ECON EINV RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA ENERGY: PWC TAX CASE TRAIL DATE SET
REF: MOSCOW 81
UNCLAS MOSCOW 000177
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/RUS, EB/ESC/IEC, EB/CBA
FRANKFURT FOR SUSAN STANLEY, BILL COTTER
TREASURY FOR BAKER/GAERTNER
NSC FOR TOM GRAHAM AND TRACY MCKIBBEN
USDOC FOR 4231/IEP/EUR/JBROUGHER
DOE FOR HARBERT/EKIMOFF/PISCITELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ECON EINV RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA ENERGY: PWC TAX CASE TRAIL DATE SET
REF: MOSCOW 81
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not
for Internet distribution.
2. (SBU) On January 17, the judge hearing the Federal Tax
Service (FTS) case against PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) for
allegedly falsifying audits of former oil giant Yukos has
granted PWC's request for a delay in the start of proceedings
as well as the firm's request for arbitration. The
three-member arbitration panel will begin hearing the case on
February 14. The judge also granted the prosecution's
request to combine the charges relating to PWC's 2002, 2003,
and 2004 audits of Yukos into one case. PWC contacts have
told us that the prosecution continues to collect evidence of
supposed misconduct, but they believe much of this
information of little relevance to the case.
RUSSELL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/RUS, EB/ESC/IEC, EB/CBA
FRANKFURT FOR SUSAN STANLEY, BILL COTTER
TREASURY FOR BAKER/GAERTNER
NSC FOR TOM GRAHAM AND TRACY MCKIBBEN
USDOC FOR 4231/IEP/EUR/JBROUGHER
DOE FOR HARBERT/EKIMOFF/PISCITELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ECON EINV RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA ENERGY: PWC TAX CASE TRAIL DATE SET
REF: MOSCOW 81
1. (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not
for Internet distribution.
2. (SBU) On January 17, the judge hearing the Federal Tax
Service (FTS) case against PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) for
allegedly falsifying audits of former oil giant Yukos has
granted PWC's request for a delay in the start of proceedings
as well as the firm's request for arbitration. The
three-member arbitration panel will begin hearing the case on
February 14. The judge also granted the prosecution's
request to combine the charges relating to PWC's 2002, 2003,
and 2004 audits of Yukos into one case. PWC contacts have
told us that the prosecution continues to collect evidence of
supposed misconduct, but they believe much of this
information of little relevance to the case.
RUSSELL