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Sat 03 Mar 2007PwC office in Moscow raided ahead of Yukos caseRussian investigators raided the Moscow office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) yesterday, stepping up pressure on the "big four" audit firm ahead of a crucial court case over allegations that it signed off on false accounts by Yukos, the bankrupt oil company.About 20 law-enforcement officials from the prosecutors' office and the interior ministry combed PwC's offices for documents relating to Yukos, and questioned senior managers, including Mike Kubena, head of PwC in Moscow, the company said.