Vučić is hoping for a magical US-RU deal on the issue, and looks to ride Orban's coat tails on this. There's practically zero chance of that happening.
He and the gvmt still refuse the idea of takeover of NIS ownership from Gazprom, thus increasing the chances of major internal oil crisis.
Serbia plans to ask the US, jointly with Russia, to temporarily lift sanctions on NIS, its key oil company controlled by Gazprom Neft. President Vučić says NIS covers nearly 80% of Serbia’s fuel needs and over 90% of aviation fuel and mazut.
