Lithuania suspects Russian oil grab

he Russian government has never been straightforward about its plans to take control of the oil and natural gas business.

So Lithuanians were suspicious in late July when Moscow said it had shut down the only pipeline supplying them with Russian crude oil and blamed it on the environmental risks of a leak.

In fact, it was not so much their pipeline the Russians were concerned about, according to Lithuanian officials, analysts and company executives. It was what the pipeline was connected to: Lithuania’s sole refinery.
International Herald Tribune