British Council is to be charged for half a million rubles in Nizhniy Novgorod for not paying rent during the last three years.
      
      The case will be seised of an issue at the local tribunal of arbitration. On British Council opinion, the accusation is unjustified.
      
      The brunch of the British Council rented premises with the total square 127 square meters in the center of Nizhniy Novgorod since 1994. In summer 2007 the local authorities counted that the Council had to pay out 5 million rubles to the local treasury. The sum of the finance claim has been cut because of the time limit.
      
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