Interview: Vasko Kelić, Center for Economic Research, Institute of Social Sciences

16.October 2025 Nedim Sejdinovic

A time of energy uncertainty

"The only solution for Serbia's energy stability - in the context of US sanctions on the Serbian oil industry - is the nationalization of this company or the forced takeover of its management. Vučić's government avoids this and in this way subordinates the interests of the citizens of Serbia to Russia. By the way, our country has the most expensive oil derivatives in the region due to Nisa's extremely monopolistic position on the market, and the consequences of the sanctions will most likely be additional price increases", are the accents from the conversation with Vasko Kelić, researcher at the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Social Sciences and councilor of the Green-Left Front in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad