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“...because of Kremlin promises to help it
recover Kosovo and Moscow’s supply of oil...?
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Are there oil resources in kosovo?

Actually the Kremlin's aim is to take over Serbia's own oil industry completely. The Serbs are getting the same strong-arm tactics that other Russian "friends" like Armenia and Belarus got.

Serbian Attempts to Review Nis Stake Purchase By Gazprom Neft Unacceptable - Diplomat - August 07, 2008 - MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax) - Moscow has called unacceptable Serbia's attempts to re-consider the financial terms of the acquisition by Russia's Gazprom Neft (RTS: SIBN) of a stake in Naftna industrija Srbije (NIS). "There is information about attempts by some members of the Serbian government to re-consider the financial terms of the acquisition by Gazprom Neft of the NIS shares. This, of course, is totally unacceptable and will make it more difficult to deal with a whole set of issues mentioned in the agreement, and moreover, will alarm other investors," Alexander Alexeyev, Director at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Fourth European Department, said in an interview published in the Vremya Novostei newspaper on Thursday.
It was reported that Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladan Dinkic said in July, according to Serbian daily Politika, that Serbia demands from Russia's Gazprom Neft to increase the price for the purchase of NIS.

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