MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors wanted to collect more than 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) in damages from international energy giant Shell (LON:), RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing Moscow’s Arbitration Court.
Russia’s attorney general filed a lawsuit earlier this month against eight Shell units, which left Russia after the start of Moscow’s military conflict with Ukraine in February 2022, the court’s website said.
It referred to Shell plc, Shell Energy Europe Limited, Shell Global Solutions International BV, Shell International Exploration & Production BV, Shell Neftegaz Development, Shell Exploration & Production Services BV, Shell Sakhalin Services BV and Shell Sakhalin Holdings В.V. among the defendants.
Shell had a stake in a liquefied natural gas production plant on the Pacific island of Sakhalin run by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom (MCX:).
Moscow has consolidated its control over the plant in response to sanctions imposed by the West following Shell’s departure from Russia.
A hearing on the case was scheduled for Dec. 11, the court said. Shell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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