Insider: South Stream in Serbia to be built by offshore firm

"The gas pipeline section in Serbia will be around 400 kilometers long. However, Serbia is the only country that has allowed the company that will build the pipeline to be registered abroad."

This comedy gets better and better. A mailbox company in tax-free paradise where Serbia has no access to. No other country agreed to this joke, only Serbia, including that it sold NIS for almost nothing and herself being a minority owner. Instead for infrastructure, kindergarten and schools, this money goes directly into pockets of Russian banksters.

They level of corruption in the Serbian government is mind boggling. The only chance Serbia will have to survive, is to drive the current political mafia out of Serbian politics, but that will be hard or nearly impossible. Their pay days would be over, and they will fight to the death to hold on to their seats. Maybe EU laws will help if Serbia ever goes that way, it remains to be seen. And this guy Bajatovic, he is as crooked as they come, but he is the ruling coalition's man.

Poor poor people of Serbia robed by Serbs elite thieves and Putins KGB infested mafiosi Kremlin. Now you know Serbs how rest of the Yugo republics had endure Serboslavia Belgrade mafia. I think they call it karma. The offshore company was founded during former Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s government but the current government has approved Srbijagas’ investments in the Switzerland-based company. Mirko Cvetković’s should be in jail long ago is he in cahoots with the present government most likely in kick backs. Rest of the ex Yugo Republics are suing mafioso Serbia to get their stolen property http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/50512/inas-lawsuit-threatens-top-serbian-ranks http://english.blic.rs/Economy/8032/Croatian-companies-shall-sue-Serbia-if-it-sells-their-property .

Winston,

the only way to break the political mafia as you aptly name it is to change the electoral system in Serbia. Vote for the person, not the party.

What's the matter, isn't Russian support on Kosovo important any more?

This is old news.

"This means that the Serbian government will not have a direct control over the company’s profit."

No, but I imagine a good number of individuals who conveniently are part of the Serbian government will have direct control over the company's profit. God forbid this country actually has a legitimate source of revenue from an alleged state-run industry.

No other country agreed to this joke, only Serbia, including that it sold NIS for almost nothing and herself being a minority owner. Instead for infrastructure, kindergarten and schools, this money goes directly into pockets of Russian banksters.
(John, 22 May 2013 16:42)

Hmmm, aren't you pro-Kosova? Isn't "Kosova" pretty much structured, run, financed, and protected by an array of "offshore" firms and organizations? I mean yes it's business as usual in Serbia, but snarky comments coming from a supporter of Europe's Bridge to Nowhere where unpaved roads and a lack of a central sewage system is shadowed by gaudy multi-million euro mansions on the hills above where "Kosova's" freedom fighting kleptocrats live is rich :)

Balkan Anthropologist, one of the many problems with Serbs, they worry more about what a pro Kosovo person says than what is actually happening that greatly affects their future. Was anything John said untrue? No, but just him commenting is more important to you than Serbia's decisions affecting the future.
I must admit I missed those multi million euro mansions when I was in Kosovo!

"This means that the Serbian government will not have a direct control over the company’s profit."

No, but I imagine a good number of individuals who conveniently are part of the Serbian government will have direct control over the company's profit. God forbid this country actually has a legitimate source of revenue from an alleged state-run industry.

No other country agreed to this joke, only Serbia, including that it sold NIS for almost nothing and herself being a minority owner. Instead for infrastructure, kindergarten and schools, this money goes directly into pockets of Russian banksters.
(John, 22 May 2013 16:42)

Hmmm, aren't you pro-Kosova? Isn't "Kosova" pretty much structured, run, financed, and protected by an array of "offshore" firms and organizations? I mean yes it's business as usual in Serbia, but snarky comments coming from a supporter of Europe's Bridge to Nowhere where unpaved roads and a lack of a central sewage system is shadowed by gaudy multi-million euro mansions on the hills above where "Kosova's" freedom fighting kleptocrats live is rich :)

"The gas pipeline section in Serbia will be around 400 kilometers long. However, Serbia is the only country that has allowed the company that will build the pipeline to be registered abroad."

This comedy gets better and better. A mailbox company in tax-free paradise where Serbia has no access to. No other country agreed to this joke, only Serbia, including that it sold NIS for almost nothing and herself being a minority owner. Instead for infrastructure, kindergarten and schools, this money goes directly into pockets of Russian banksters.

Poor poor people of Serbia robed by Serbs elite thieves and Putins KGB infested mafiosi Kremlin. Now you know Serbs how rest of the Yugo republics had endure Serboslavia Belgrade mafia. I think they call it karma. The offshore company was founded during former Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s government but the current government has approved Srbijagas’ investments in the Switzerland-based company. Mirko Cvetković’s should be in jail long ago is he in cahoots with the present government most likely in kick backs. Rest of the ex Yugo Republics are suing mafioso Serbia to get their stolen property http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/50512/inas-lawsuit-threatens-top-serbian-ranks http://english.blic.rs/Economy/8032/Croatian-companies-shall-sue-Serbia-if-it-sells-their-property .

What's the matter, isn't Russian support on Kosovo important any more?

Winston,

the only way to break the political mafia as you aptly name it is to change the electoral system in Serbia. Vote for the person, not the party.

This is old news.

They level of corruption in the Serbian government is mind boggling. The only chance Serbia will have to survive, is to drive the current political mafia out of Serbian politics, but that will be hard or nearly impossible. Their pay days would be over, and they will fight to the death to hold on to their seats. Maybe EU laws will help if Serbia ever goes that way, it remains to be seen. And this guy Bajatovic, he is as crooked as they come, but he is the ruling coalition's man.

Balkan Anthropologist, one of the many problems with Serbs, they worry more about what a pro Kosovo person says than what is actually happening that greatly affects their future. Was anything John said untrue? No, but just him commenting is more important to you than Serbia's decisions affecting the future.
I must admit I missed those multi million euro mansions when I was in Kosovo!