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INCOME TAXES - Foreign subsidiaries, outside income statement and non-current tax assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Income taxes |  |  |
Deferred tax liability | $ 376 | $ 331 |
Current and deferred taxes |  |  | $ 348
Current tax charge | 6 |  | 345
Deferred tax (charge) benefit | 102 |  | (3)
Capital gain tax |  |  | 428
Current tax charge recognized directly in equity |  |  | 350
Deferred tax charge related to cash flow hedge movements recognized directly in equity | 0 | 5 | $ 5
Current and non-current income tax assets | 258 | 194 |
Russian, Algerian and Pakistan |  |  |
Income taxes |  |  |
Deferred tax liability | 116 | 73 |
Foreign subsidiaries outside Netherlands |  |  |
Income taxes |  |  |
Undistributed earnings of VEON's foreign subsidiaries | 6,833 | $ 8,495 |
Deferred tax liability | $ 0 |  |

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- Definition The amount of current tax relating to particular items that are charged or credited directly to equity, for example: (a) an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings resulting from either a change in accounting policy that is applied retrospectively or the correction of an error; and (b) amounts arising on initial recognition of the equity component of a compound financial instrument. [Refer: Retained earnings; Financial instruments, class [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_81_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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