Sign of the times. Why is Serbia giving up the Miks-29? [COMMENT]

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucić announced that keeping Serbian MiG-29 fighters in service had become impossible due to the war in Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia prevent servicing of the Serbian fleet of aircraft. Consequently, the Serbs are to make an enquiry to France about the anticipation of selling Rafale multirole aircraft. But the retreat from Russian products besides has another reasons.