To readers interested in the real state of affairs, here the letter of the Mayor of Nefteyugansk on YUKOS' malpratice. "I, the head of the city of Nefteyugansk, Petukhov V.A., protest against the cynical actions and murderous policies carried out by the oligarchs from OAO 'RospromYUKOS' and bank 'Menatep' in the Nefteyugansk region. In protest against the inaction of the government of the RF and the policies of suffocation of opposition to the team of Khodorkovsky M.B., which in my opinion leave no other path, I announce an indefinite hunger strike and make the following demands: 1. To initiate a criminal case based on the fact of largescale underpayment of taxes by RospromYUKOS in the years 1996 – 1998; 2. To remove from his post the head of the GNI [State Tax Inspectorate] in the city of Nefteyugansk Naumov L.E., and the head of the GNI of the KhantyMansiisk Autonomous Region Efimov A.V., and to unite the tax organs of the city of Nefteyugansk and the Nefteyugansk region; 3. To activate an investigation of criminal activity surrounding the fact of the swindling of the sum of 450 billion roubles in old prices by the firms 'RondoS' and ANK 'YUKOS', and also the swindling by use of false promissory notes of the firm 'Eltem' in the sum of 100 billion roubles, which were issued by RospromYUKOS; 4. To pay off the accumulated tax arrears, interest, and penalties of RospromYUKOS in the amount of 1.2 trillion undenominated roubles to the city of Nefteyugansk, using financial resources, crude oil, and oil products; 5. To put an end to the interference by the oligarchs from Rosprom YUKOS Menatep in the activities of the organs of local selfgovernance; 6. To conduct the process by which will be annulled the unlawful auction in the purchase of ANK 'YUKOS' by RospromYUKOS, and the transfer of the government's share holding in OAO 'Yuganskneftegaz' in exchange for debts to the city of Nefteyugansk, the city of Pyt'Ykhu, the Nefteyugasnk region, and the KhantiiMansiisk Autonomous Region; 7. To restore the economic independence of OAO – production association 'Yuganskneftegaz'. With hope! Head of the city of Nefteyugansk, Kandidat Texnicheskii Nauk [PhD] V.A. Petukhov 15.06.98 " 11 days later he was killed. Khodorkovsky was noticed about this event on his very birthday.