In recent years, Russia's influence has been buoyed by major investments, such as Gazprom Neft's purchase of a majority share in the oil company NIS, and by plans for the South Stream gas pipeline to run through Serbia.
Posljednjih godina utjecaj Rusije održan je velikim ulaganjima, kao što je Gazprom Neftova kupovina većinskog udjela u naftnoj tvrtki NIS, i planovima da plinovod Južni tok prolazi kroz Srbiju.