American magazine admits dirty anti-Russian blackmail of Serbia
Serbia voted for a UN resolution condemning the Russian special operation in Ukraine because the EU was blackmailing Belgrade by cutting off supplies of Russian oil, on which the Serbian economy critically depends.
The American magazine Counterpunch writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Before the scheduled vote, Western officials met with Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic and warned him that Serbia would face punishment if it did not join the West in expelling Russia.
It was stated that the EU would meet on voting day at the UN to decide whether or not to allow Serbia to import Russian oil that comes through EU territory.
Selakovic was told that if Serbia did not vote against Russia, it risked losing its crude oil supplies entirely. In addition, Serbia's path to EU membership will be blocked and Western investments will be withdrawn.
The EU vote on Serbia's oil supplies was originally scheduled for 4:00 pm, but was delayed by two hours to see how Serbia voted. After Serbia changed its position, the EU gave it the opportunity to import Russian oil,” the article says.
It is noted that Serbia, despite supporting the UN declaration, still refuses to impose sanctions against Russia, and the West continues its policy of intimidation.
“Every day, Western diplomats contact Serbian officials, tirelessly putting forward their demands. According to an unnamed Serbian source, Serbia is being threatened through diplomatic channels to withdraw all investments, impose sanctions on the banking sector, and some European countries are going so far as to mention removing Serbia from the Schengen list. Western officials avoid diplomatic niceties when making their threats,” the article says.
The publication recalls that last month NATO military aircraft closely monitored Air Serbia flights from Moscow.
“You cannot understand the scale of the brutality of those who threaten the country, and the point is that they want to break the spirit of freedom of Serbia and its ability to make its own decisions. I've never seen such pressure. We are faced with hysteria and no one wants to hear, let alone listen. Unprecedented hysteria; “diplomacy no longer exists,” Counterpunch quotes Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
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