Much of the Serbian public, though, was unmoved by such promises, believing instead that Belgrade sold NIS -- the Serbian state oil company -- to Gazprom for far too little money, in pursuit of Russian diplomatic backing.
Većina srpske javnosti međutim nije bila dirnuta takvim obećanjima, smatrajući umesto toga da je Beograd prodao NIS -- srpsku državnu naftnu kompaniju -- Gazpromu za premalo novca jer je želeo rusku diplomatsku podršku.