Serbia has been having an uncomfortable winter — thanks to an energy crisis rooted in its struggle to balance East and West. Its national oil company has been under US sanctions because of its majority Russian-ownership. Now, it looks like a resolution to the ownership issue may come courtesy of neighboring Hungary. But the bigger question is whether there’s been lasting damage to the relationship between Serbia and Russia. Deutsche Welle, DW’s, Inside Europe’s Balkans Correspondent Guy De Launey reports.
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