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"Yukos affair" being governed by intl law - minister

MOSCOW. Jan 3 (Interfax) - The "Yukos affair" is being handled in compliance with both Russian legislation and international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed this issue during his year-end news conference on December 23, Lavrov said. "We have our own laws, and there are international law principles. We have been tackling all problems dealing with the Yukos's company's tax debt in line with our laws avoiding any violations of international law," the minister said. "Assessments from Washington that they [in the United States] do not like all this and that this situation will have a negative impact on Russia's investment attractiveness are not confirmed by the information we have," he said.