Erdogan said that the Russian Federation was "involved in oil trade" with the Islamic State

After Russia presented evidence of Turkey’s involvement in the purchase of oil from the Islamic State, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the charter of the “Islamic State” ( Daesh ), the charter, made similar charges against Moscow. Ankara has evidence that it was the Russian Federation that is involved in oil trade with a terrorist group, he said. Erdogan’s words quoted by The Daily Sabah local edition.

Erdogan called the Russian accusations immoral that his family was involved in criminal business communications with terrorists. In his opinion, even in the Russian Federation itself they do not believe in this. "Russia must prove that Turkey buys oil from IG, otherwise their accusations are slander," the statement of the Daily Mail as saying with reference to AFP. Erdogan repeated that he would resign if Moscow proves its statement. But he is sure that the Russian Federation will not prove this, since he is involved in cooperation with IG. “We have evidence. We will show them to the world,” he said during a speech in Ankara.

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He mentioned the name of one of the buyers of oil, supposedly Syrian businessman George Haswani, "who has a Russian passport." According to Erdogan, Khaswani has become the largest entrepreneur who profits from this business. Khaswani - Head of Hesco Engineering & Construction Co. This company produces oil and gas installations and is one of the largest in Syria.

By the way, the European Union accused the businessman to trade in the IS in March, Reuters wrote about this. The EU argued that the man was closely connected with the Syrian regime, and imposed sanctions against him. The businessman himself told the agency that these accusations are unfounded. He argued that oil from IG goes to Turkey and threatened to sue the EU. Sanctions against Khaswani are also imposed by the US Ministry of Finance . Earlier, his passport was not about his Russian passport.

Erdogan also noted that the "famous Russian chess player" was involved in trading with IG, but did not name the name. AFP suspects that it was about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, against which the United States imposed sanctions last month. As follows from the data on the website of the US Treasury, he "was included in the list for material support and for actions in the interests of the Syrian government and the Central Bank of Syria." Ilyumzhinov - a wealthy Russian businessman, former president of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, head of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). He is the majority shareholder of the largest manufacturer of the Togliattiazot ammonia.

In the West, Turkey's involvement in trade with IG is not excluded

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who made a message to the Federal Assembly, expressed the opinion that "Allah decided to punish the ruling clique of Turkey, depriving her of reason and reason."

Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Akhmet Davutoglu reported on measures undertaken to combat IS, and called the charges from Russia to buy oil from IS "Soviet propaganda". Recall, on the eve of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed maps on which the alleged oil supplies to Turkey are presented with territories captured by militants. The military department also published pictures, which show how the trucks cross the Syrian-Turkish border, expect unloading in the ports and cooperate on unequipped parking lots. The Ministry of Defense said that the border between the territory occupied by the militants and Turkey exists only nominally.

It is noteworthy that in the West they do not exclude the involvement of Turkey in the oil trade mined by the IG. According to Die Presse journalists, the scheme looks like this: raw oil with the territory controlled by the militants is delivered to the city of the seeding in Iraqi Kurdistan, where it is sold at bidding and supplied with official documents (translation by Inopressa ). But according to the Russian ministry, the scale of the problem is more serious - the country's top political leadership is involved in the criminal business, including President Erdogan and his family.

Last week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev indicated that Moscow has data on the direct financial interest of a number of Ankara officials in the purchase of oil products from the Islamic State group. Prior to this, this was said by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied these accusations. "Be shaged! Information about where Türkiye buys oil and gas is known. Those who insist that we buy oil from Islamists are required to give evidence of such statements," he said. Erdogan also promised to resign if the participation of Turkey in the procurement of oil from terrorists will be proven.

By the way, the authorities of the Syrian Republic also accused Turkey of relations with the Islamic State. Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed that weapons and terrorists are mainly through Turkey with the support of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Erdogan in response said that it was Assad who buys oil from the Islamic State.

Conflict due to a shot down aircraft

Relations of the Russian Federation and Turkey were noticeably cooled after the Su-24 Russian bomber was shot down. The incident occurred on the border of Turkey and Syria. Both pilots were baptized. At the same time, one was shot by the participants of a certain Syrian group, his body with honors was taken to Moscow. The other was saved .

The Turkish leadership insists that the Su-24 violated the country's airspace, for which he was shot down. According to the Turkish military, Russian pilots were warned several times before the start of the attack. In Turkey, they claim that the military did not know which state the plane belongs to, and acted according to the instructions.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, there was no violations of the Turkish airspace - the plane was above the Syrian territory and participated in bombing aimed at IG. However, Turkey notes that in the north of Syria, where there was a Russian plane, there is no Islamic state, but there are Syrian Turkmen - an ethnic minority close to the Turks. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is not according to this.

After the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that what happened will have "serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations." He demanded official apologies from Turkey, but the Turkish leader refused to apologize, limiting himself to regret .

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, on his part, announced the undermining of long good-neighborled relations, "including in the economy and the humanitarian sphere." After the incident, tourist relations were threatened - the Russian Foreign Ministry advised the Russians not to visit Turkey. Rostourism announced the recommendation to stop selling tours to this country in connection with the incident. On November 25, all the largest operators of the Russian Federation suspended the sales of vouchers.

In addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the use of "special economic measures" against Turkey: so, in the Russian Federation they will prohibit the import of food, the new decree will also affect Turkish workers in the Russian Federation. Erdogan said that Ankara is ready to respond to Russia's actions in relation to Turkey.

The conflict can turn into both parties for a huge amount of tens of billions of dollars.