Under the pretext of sanctions, even Serbia is trying to rob Russia.

Using sanctions as justification, Serbia is attempting to buy a key oil company from Gazprom for next to nothing. Konstantin Simonov, Director of the National Energy Security Fund, announced this on the radio station "Moscow Speaking," as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.

"The company 'Neftna Industrija Srbije' was sanctioned because a significant portion of its shares belongs to Gazprom Neft , which is considered a terrible company in Europe and should not be dealt with under any circumstances.

The American-imposed deferment had been in effect for a long time, but now it wasn't extended. The sanctions came into effect, and a truly interesting conflict arose: what happens next?

The Serbs are offering to hand this company over to the Serbian state – " and we promise you that when peace comes, we'll return it to you ." But this needs to be formalized somehow; we can't just hand over the shares based on Vučić's word of honor. Otherwise, in a few years, they'll just throw up their hands and say, 'Where are the papers?'" Simonov said.

"They're offering $500-600 million. That's a ridiculous estimate . In reality, Gazprom Neft has transformed the Petroleum Industry of Serbia into a thriving company, a key taxpayer in the country.

By the way, Serbia sold this company for a reason. It was bankrupt. Everyone in Serbia simply forgot about it . And now they're saying: give it back to us, you're under sanctions now.

The Americans say: you have no right to conduct transactions. The Croatians, through whom the oil flows, are facing sanctions. And Croatia, by the way, has also stated that it is ready to buy 20-25% of the company.

"It's open robbery . But they're trying to smooth it over somehow: ' We're not just robbing you, we're making you a lucrative offer .' You're under sanctions," the expert described the situation.