[LINK] Russia, Serbia, and natural gas nationalism

[rfmcdonald]

Veronica Khokhlova at Global Voices Online links links to two blog entries about Gazprom's recent purchase of a 51% stake in Serbia's national oil company, written by Robet Amsterdam at his blog and Douglas Muir at A Fistful of Euros. Both authors are highly critical of Serbia's politics-driven sale of the core of its national energy infrastructure to Gazprom, under conditions highly favourable to Gazprom (a majority stake sold for a fraction of below market value, under terms prohibiting the Serbian government from selling off its stock without Gazprom's consent).