MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a lawsuit filed by a Yukos shareholder to invalidate the appointment of U.S. citizen Steven Theede as company president, the court said Monday.
The court said the suit was filed by Yukos shareholder Valery Barmin.
Steven Theede was appointed president of the embattled oil company by its board of directors on June 24 2004, replacing Semyon Kukes.
