Yukos executives leave Russia
Moscow: A half-dozen executives of embattled oil giant Yukos have left Russia.

The company's chief financial officer said he won't return until he learns whether the government is planning charges against him. The company's six-member management board has also been in London this week for a company meeting.

Of the rest of Yukos' management, only one was reachable in Moscow yesterday, telling Dow Jones Newswires he planned to flee the country indefinitely today in response to the company's ongoing troubles with federal prosecutors.

Yukos and its subsidiaries face a $24.5 billion tax bill, and its former CEO has been imprisoned for more than a year on fraud and tax-evasion charges.
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