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.
Poslednjih godina uticaj Rusije se održao velikim investicijama, kao što su Gazprom njeftova kupovina većinskog udela u naftnoj kompaniji NIS i planovi da gasovod Južni tok prolazi kroz Srbiju.