Almaty - The Open Society Institute of billionaire American financier George Soros has been charged with tax evasion in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, police said on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the tax police, Ruslan Tlemisov, said the institute which promotes civil society and good governance throughout the world had not paid $623 000 (about R3,5-million) in taxes.
He said charges had been laid and the case would be heard in the district court early next year.
"The court may fine the foundation in addition to the unpaid taxes and avoiding the payment may lead to the cancellation of the licence of the foundation," Tlemisov said.
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Soros has come under attack throughout the former Soviet bloc for his alleged support for the overthrow of post-Soviet Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze in 2003.
The Open Society Institute has been banished from Belarus and Uzbekistan, and its activities were severely curtailed in Russia in early November over a complicated property dispute.
Soros himself was splashed with water and glue by two protesters as he addressed a human rights conference in Ukraine in March. - Sapa-AFP
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