MOSCOW, December 30. /ITAR-TASS/. Bailiffs are continuing their bid to seize property worth 17 billion rubles, about $521 million, from former YUKOS chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky as part of a tax service lawsuit, deputy head of Moscow's Federal Bailiff Service Alexander Yudin told reporters on Monday.

“Court proceedings of this lawsuit have not been terminated and we continue our work, particularly searching for his property," he said.