MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Prosecutor Basic has filed a lawsuit towards quite a few power main Shell (LON:)’s items, court docket paperwork confirmed on Friday.
The lawsuit, filed with Moscow’s Arbitration Court docket on Oct. 2, was addressed to eight Shell items. The paperwork indicated it had been launched by Gazprom (MCX:) Export, the Russian power ministry, regional authorities on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, Sakhalin Power, and the workplace of Russia’s Prosecutor Basic.
No further particulars got and Shell didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Shell had a number of tasks in Russia earlier than Moscow despatched hundreds of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 in what it referred to as a particular army operation.
The corporate had a stake in a liquefied producing plant on the Pacific island of Sakhalin led by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom.
Russia consolidated its management over the plant in response to sanctions imposed by the West and Shell left Russia.
That meant it ended its involvement with the Sakhalin plant, in addition to different actions comparable to its investments within the Nord Stream 2 pipeline mission.
