The Russian interior ministry did not provide exact claim amounts against Slavneft, which is half-owned by TNK-BP and Gazprom, and Sidanco, a defunct TNK-BP unit, according to the news source.
Reuters noted that the claims pertain to tax payments for 2002-03 for Sidanco and 2003 for Slavneft. TNK-BP is known to have confirmed the existence of some claims.
Russian media has reported that the tax claims against Slavneft amount to around $10 million, while the Russian interior ministry puts the claims against Sidanco at $40 million. In 2006, TNK-BP had paid more than $1.4 billion in back-taxes for 2002-03, according to the news source.
