The Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) has delivered a scathing rebuke of the Serbian government over its handling of the Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), now crippled by U.S. sanctions due to its majority Russian ownership. In a statement today, PSG accused President Aleksandar Vučić and his government of playing with the livelihoods of Serbian citizens while kowtowing to Moscow.
“Serbia must stop being a Russian proxy and reclaim control over its own energy resources immediately,” the opposition said, emphasizing that the state cannot continue to risk energy security, financial stability, and European integration to preserve political ties with an autocratic regime.
PSG mocked Vučić’s claims that deciding NIS’s future is “the most difficult decision in the history of Serbia,” calling it laughable political theater. “This is not history’s most difficult decision. It’s a pathetic excuse for decades of mismanagement, corruption, and the government’s servile stance toward Russia,” the statement read.
The opposition warned that NIS’s current predicament is entirely self-inflicted, the result of years of reckless political calculations, personal enrichment schemes, and the pursuit of cozy relationships with Moscow at the expense of the Serbian people. PSG stressed that if Russian shareholders refuse to sell at a fair price, the state must seize full ownership immediately.
“Every day of hesitation is a direct threat to citizens’ energy security and Serbia’s economic stability,” PSG stated, accusing Vučić of turning a critical national asset into a bargaining chip for political theater. The opposition insisted that the government’s balancing act between Russia and the West has failed spectacularly, and now Serbia faces a harsh lesson in the consequences of political subservience.
PSG concluded with a pointed warning: it is time for serious, responsible leadership, not empty speeches. Serbia must take back NIS, protect its citizens, and finally commit to Europe, or continue spiraling deeper into the consequences of Vučić’s reckless policies.
