Russian oil company Yukos said on Monday it would be able to cover only half of its $3.4 billion back tax bill by its deadline at the end of August but it would continue making payments in September.
Yukos spokesman Alexander Shadrin told Reuters he expected no significant changes next month to the way the government was handling the tax dispute with the company.
"The enforcement period ends two months after it is launched. In our case it is the end of this month," said Shadrin, adding that the law did not state clearly what would happen next.
"We can only say that we can pay $1.7 billion by the end of August, but we will continue to channel payments to cover the bill in September. Our accounts also remain frozen, and state bailiffs continue to withdraw money from then." Germany said on Monday it wanted to see a quick and lawful solution to the problems surrounding Yukos.
A German official said the Yukos issue would come up in talks this week between German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Russian president Vladimir Putin and French President Jacques Chirac in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
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