Russia led the evidence of involvement of Turkey in the oil business IG – RBC

Russia has “conclusive evidence” of the involvement of Turkey’s oil supplies from the territories controlled by Russia banned organization “Islamic State” (IG). This was stated by the chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy. Briefing shows live TV channel “Russia 24».

The Turkish authorities and personally President Tayyip Erdogan involved in the production and transportation of oil to Turkey from the regions of Syria and Iraq, which are controlled by the IG, said second participant briefing, Deputy Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov.

Rudskoy said that if oil supplies from the territories of the “Islamic State” in Turkey, there are three main routes: the Western (the Turkish ports on the Mediterranean), the north (to the refinery in Batman in Turkey) and the east (to the staging post in the Turkish town of Cizre).

On the western route oil, which is extracted in the area of ​​Raqqa, transported to the northwest of Syria, and from there – through the frontier point Azaz and Reyhanli oil is sent the Turkish ports of Iskenderun and Dörtyol. Defense Ministry presented satellite images, which supposedly can observe the accumulation of vehicles carrying petroleum products on the road between Turkey and Syria. Rudskoy noted that transportation carried out mainly at night, fuel trucks and trucks under the mask.

Photo: Ministry of Defence Russia

Defense Ministry led pictures in which the ports Dörtyol and İskenderun recorded awaiting shipment of fuel trucks.

On the northern route of oil delivered from the oil fields located on the right bank of the Euphrates. Center for processing of oil, according to Rūda is under the control of the “Islamic State” area of ​​Deir ez-Zor. From there, follow the tankers to the Qamishli border regions, and from there get on Turkish territory (this, according Rūda show satellite images taken in August 2015). Most of the oil from this route goes to Batman Refinery, located about 100 km from the Turkish-Syrian border.

The third supply route, according to the Defense Ministry, comes with oil fields in the north-east and north Syria western Iraq after located on Syrian territory border towns of Kara-Chokh and Cham-mechanics and Tavan and Zakho on the Iraqi territory.

Rudskoy noted that previous income “Islamic state” from the illegal supply of oil was $ 3 million now, these revenues decreased to $ 1.5 million (due to the impact of the Russian aircraft on objects of oil infrastructure IG).

In addition to the dozens of foreign journalists at a briefing at the National Defense Ministry control center defense was attended by specially invited military attaches. The representative of Germany after the event, told journalists that the exploration of this country Info Russian colleagues is not new, but confirm the accuracy of the specific facts now the German military is not ready and be sure to check them.

With the participation of Maxim Solopova