US Sanctions Serbian Oil While Global Empires Consolidate
RT reports that the US has sanctioned NIS, Serbia's primary oil company, majority-owned by Russia's Gazprom Neft. This move, ostensibly to curb Moscow's revenue, conveniently ignores that Serbia, a sovereign nation, has legitimate energy needs. The unspoken message? Align your energy security with Washington's geopolitical agenda, or suffer the consequences. This isn't about rogue states; it's
about control. One might wonder if the US would impose similar sanctions on its own allies—say, Germany, historically a significant importer of Russian gas—if their strategic alignment wavered. Of course not. This is about maintaining a unipolar global energy market, where alliances are transactional, and 'free markets' are only free if they serve America's interests. The irony of punishing a
company for 'Russia ties' while US corporations openly operate in Saudi Arabia despite human rights atrocities (see CIA report on Khashoggi, 2021) is, shall we say, a tad rich.