Russian environment agency seeks tax checks on Lukoil

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2006

MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia's environmental monitoring agency has called for checks on taxes and fees on all licences owned by Lukoil, the country's biggest oil producer, a senior official told AFP. "We are interested in their payments. We have information that they are not paying," said Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of the powerful agency, known by its Russian name Rosprirodnadzor.

Mitvol said that documents had been sent Monday with a formal request to Russia's federal tax service for information on payments made by Lukoil on the 398 licences it owns in Russia. A spokesman said the request concerned payments made in the form of licence fees and mineral extraction taxes. "The information is essential to continue a comprehensive check of the firms that are part of this oil company,"...