30 Aug 2011 13:04

Gazprom takes Lithuania to court over Lietuvos Dujos

MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Gazprom on Monday filed a request with the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal for arbitration against the Lithuanian Energy Ministry which, together with Gazprom and Germany's E.ON Ruhrgas, is a shareholder in Lithuanian gas utility Lietuvos Dujos, Gazprom's information department told reporters.

Gazprom is asking the tribunal to recognize the Lithuanian ministry's actions to initiate litigation against Lietuvos Dujos at a Vilnius and its top management as breach of the company's shareholders' agreement and is demanding that damages inflicted by that breach be compensated.