Pressed by Sanctions: Western Coercion and the Future of Russian–Serbian Relations

... simply lack sufficient motivation. In the long term, NIS will have to face the necessity of investing in new areas of development and modernise production; however, if a foreign shareholder views the company merely as a source of profit, Serbia’s energy industry may once again find itself under threat. For the region, the story of NIS will become a precedent illustrating just how far external forces are willing to go in matters of property redistribution and the struggle for influence. To all countries of South-Eastern Europe, it serves as something of a signal that any strategic ...