MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s prosecutor general has filed a lawsuit against a number of units of energy major Shell (LON:), court documents showed on Friday.
The lawsuit filed before the Moscow Arbitration Court on October 2 was directed against eight units of Shell. The documents indicated that Gazprom (MCX:) Export, the Russian Ministry of Energy, regional authorities on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, Sakhalin Energy Corporation, and the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office launched the project.
No additional details were provided and Shell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shell had several projects in Russia before Moscow sent thousands of troops to Ukraine in February 2022 in what it described as a special military operation.
The company had a stake in a liquefied liquids production plant on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, led by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom.
Russia strengthened its control over the plant in response to the sanctions imposed by the West, and Shell left Russia.
This means it has ended its involvement in the Sakhalin plant, as well as other activities such as its investments in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.