Lawmaker Calls for Enforcing Sanctions on Russian-Owned Oil Firm in Serbia
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sept. 3 that the U.S. should immediately enforce sanctions on Serbia’s majority-Russian-owned oil company, NIS, to punish Belgrade for its "subservience" to Moscow.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic "spoke in Russian when meeting with war criminal" and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 2 "to plead for Moscow to continue its political and energy support,” Wilson wrote on X. “Vucic needs Putin as he lives in fear of his people who have risen up in a mass protest movement for 10 straight months. We can demonstrate that such subservience has a high cost!”
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a sanctions waiver several times for NIS, which was designated in January for its ties to Russian oil firm Gazprom Neft (see 2507300038).