The United States accused the Syrian authorities of the IG’s purchases of oil by almost $ 40 million a month – RBC

sale of gasoline in the village of Al-Mansur, Syria

Photo: REUTERS 2015

The representative of the US Treasury Department Adam Shubin, speaking at the institute Chatham House in London, he said the militants “Islamic state” (an organization banned in Russia) earned on sales of smuggled oil to $ 500 million, according to Reuters. At the same time, according to Shubin, most of the raw material was purchased by the government of Bashar al-Assad.

Part of the oil produced by the militants, remains on the territories controlled by the IG, part – comes to the Syrian Kurds, and another, a small portion comes Turkey, the representative of the US Treasury. Shubin said that the monthly income of the IG from oil sales are $ 40 million.

«IG sells most of its oil to the Assad regime. They are trying to destroy each other, and still are involved in the trade in the millions and millions of dollars “, – said the representative of the US Treasury.

According to him, to stop funding the militants can only destroy their infrastructure, as well as blocking the border with Turkey.

«We want Turkey to be active in this regard. This is not just a financial issue – it is a question about the flow of foreign terrorists, weapons, funding [militants]. “- ​​Said Shubin.

He also noted that in addition to the smuggling of oil from the IG, there are other sources of income, so fighters got up to $ 1 billion, looting bank vaults in Syria and Iraq.

Earlier, Russia has repeatedly accused’s purchases of crude oil from the Turkish authorities to the militants. Russian President Vladimir Putin linked the attack on Russian bomber Su-24 Turkish Air Force with a desire to secure oil supplies from the IG. Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Anatoly Antonov said in early December that the Turkish authorities and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan involved in the transport of oil from the areas controlled by insurgents.

A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said the availability of information about ” particular interest “the son of a Turkish president in the oil business, did not elaborate on exactly which of the two sons of Erdogan’s talking about. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said the IG supplies oil company, which belongs to one of the sons of Erdogan. For his part, Erdogan said that Turkey has evidence of Russian involvement in the oil trade with IG. He also called immoral accusations against his family, relating to cooperation with terrorists.