"Shell completes sale of retail and lubricants businesses in Russia. Exit equity partnerships with Gazprom, leaving its joint venture with state-owned Gazprom and ending its involvement in the now-suspended Nord Stream 2 pipeline, suspend operations in Russia would stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations and other operations in Russia". There are still some companies left in Russia but Shell is not able to control them anymore. Shell also completes Salym exit but reserves legal actions on Sakhalin 2. Committed to total withdrawal but backtracked with LNG. According to campaign group Global Witness, Shell carried some 7% of Russia’s seaborne shipments of liquified natural gas in 2022. Shell had apologised for continued trade in Russia following the outbreak of war in 2022, having committed to a “phased” wind-down of operations at the time. However, the ongoing ties with Russia have left Shell facing accusations of scoring "blood money." Russia seeks $1 billion from oil giant Shell over failed joint venture Sakhalin-2.