Serbia secures gas deal with Russia as the west boycott.

Serbian president refuses to explicitly condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine, has not joined Western sanctions on Moscow

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he has secured an “extremely favourable” three-year natural gas supply deal with Russia, amid efforts by the European Union to phase out Russian energy supplies.

“What I can tell you is that we have agreed on the main elements that are very favourable for Serbia,” the Serbian president said after clinching the deal during a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

As the war in Ukraine rages, Serbia’s president has announced that he has secured an “extremely favourable” three-year natural gas supply deal with Russia during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“What I can tell you is that we have agreed on the main elements that are very favourable for Serbia,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, a former pro-Russian ultranationalist, told reporters on Sunday.

“We agreed to sign a three-year contract, which is the first element of the contract that suits the Serbian side very well,” he said.

Vucic claims he wants to take Serbia into the European Union but has spent recent years cementing ties with Russia, a longtime ally. He has also refused to explicitly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his country has not joined Western sanctions against Moscow.