Alarm at Gazprom’s Serbia move

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Series Details 31.12.07
Publication Date 31/12/2007
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Gazprom’s offer to take control of Serbia’s state-owned petroleum monopoly has divided the Serbian government and sounded alarm bells about the cost of Moscow’s political support.

At the end of January 2008 the Serbian government agreed the major deal with gas giant Gazprom which increases Russia's hold on Europe's energy supply.

Related Links
Serbia: Government: Statements of Government: Platform for negotiations on Serbian, Russian agreement on cooperation in fuel sector adopted, 29 December 2007 http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?id=42116
BBC News, 10.1.08: EU warns Serbs on Russia gas deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7181220.stm
Wikipedia: South Stream http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Stream
Wikipedia: Naftna Industrija Srbije http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftna_Industrija_Srbije
BBC News, 22.1.08: Serbia agrees Gazprom energy deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7202496.stm
Serbia: Government: Press Release, 22.1.08: Energy agreement with Russia important for stable energy supply in Serbia http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?id=42525

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