Vucic promised to recite a poem by Pushkin if the US lifts the sanctions.

【Vucic: If the US lifts sanctions on NIS, I will recite a poem by Pushkin】

Belgrade time December 30, 2025, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic answered questions from reporters at a press conference:

The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL and the Russian-Serbian joint venture Naftna Industrija Srbije had previously submitted a request to the U.S. Treasury Department to suspend the sanctions, in order to consider negotiations on adjusting the ownership structure of NIS. I don't know when the OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) of the United States will make a decision, we are expecting and hope that a positive decision will be made. I won't sing, but I used to memorize poems. If the sanctions on NIS are lifted, I can recite an excerpt from Pushkin's poem "Eugene Onegin", the Russian letter to Tatyana. I will be prepared, let the people laugh at me, if it really happens I will be happy, but I cannot guarantee it.

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