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Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, and Valentina Matvienko, Governor of
Saint-Petersburg, signed a Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the
City Administration and the Company.
The
Protocol outlines major cooperation areas for 2009.
In
particular, LUKOIL shall ensure that in compliance with the applicable tax law,
RUR 3 billion worth of taxes and dues will be paid to the Saint-Petersburg
budget in 2009.
In
return, subject to the applicable law, the Administration of Saint-Petersburg
intends to allocate two land plots with the area of 2-2.5 hectares each for
construction of the Company’s gas stations on federal roads within the framework
of preparation for Sochi-2014 Olympics.
The
Cooperation Agreement between OAO LUKOIL and the Administration of Saint-Petersburg
was signed on November 7, 2008.