“Due to new US sanctions against the Russian oil sector, Gazprom Nafta has been given 45 days to exit the ownership of the Serbian oil company NIS.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Due to new US sanctions against the Russian oil sector, Gazprom Nafta has been given 45 days to exit the ownership of the Serbian oil company NIS. This was stated by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, writes Reuters. NIS is currently mainly owned by Gazprom Nafta, which owns 50% of the shares, and Gazprom, which has 6.15% of the shares. On Friday, the Biden administration imposed the largest package of sanctions to date targeting Russia’s oil and gas revenues.Advertisement: This was done to support Kyiv and give the new administration of Donald Trump leverage to achieve peace in Ukraine. “They demand from us the complete withdrawal of the Russians from the NIS, not reduction, but elimination,” said Vučić. He added that the Balkan country was given a deadline of March 10 to complete the agreement with the Russians. We will remind:Advertisement: The US Treasury Department’s Foreign Assets Control Office has imposed sanctions against the two largest oil companies of the Russian Federation, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, as well as ship insurance providers Ingosstrakh and Alfastrahovanie.