MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Russia's Prosecutor General

has filed a lawsuit against a number of energy major Shell's

units, court documents showed on Friday.

The lawsuit, filed with Moscow's Arbitration Court on Oct.

2, was addressed to eight Shell units. The documents indicated

it had been launched by Gazprom Export, the Russian energy

ministry, regional authorities on the Pacific island of

Sakhalin, Sakhalin Energy, and the office of Russia's Prosecutor

General.

No additional details were given and Shell did not

immediately reply to a request for comment.

Shell had several projects in Russia before Moscow sent

thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 in what it

called a special military operation.

The company had a stake in a liquefied natural gas

producing plant on the Pacific island of Sakhalin led by

Kremlin-controlled Gazprom.

Russia consolidated its control 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,

as well as other activities such as its investments in the Nord

Stream 2 pipeline project.