PhD from @LSEIRDept. Senior researcher at @bezbednost_org and associate at @lseideas. Writing a book on the Serbian balancing act between Russia and the West.
Nov 25, 2021 • 17 tweets • 14 min read
THREAD on #Serbia and #Russia: President of #Serbia#aleksandarvučić is in #Sochi, #Russia to meet #Russia's President #VladimirPutin. The main talking point of the agenda, the price of Russian #gas for Serbia. #Serbia is entirely dependent on the import of Russian gas.
#Russia owns majority shares in NIS, Serbia's national oil and gas company, sold to Moscow below market price in 2008, in return for #Russia's protection in the #UN on #Kosovo and hoping that Moscow would construct now-defunct South Stream pipeline over Serbian territory.