{"id":22525,"date":"2015-11-17T19:27:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/putin-isis-financed-from-40-countries-including-g20-members\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:28:58","slug":"putin-isis-financed-from-40-countries-including-g20-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/putin-isis-financed-from-40-countries-including-g20-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__summary summary \">President Vladimir Putin says he\u2019s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>During the summit, \u201c<em>I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and, there are some of the G20 members among them<\/em>,\u201d Putin told the journalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the illegal oil trade by IS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I\u2019ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products<\/em>,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond the horizon<\/em>,&#8221; Putin added, comparing the convoy to gas and oil pipeline systems.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the right time to try and figure out which country is more and which is less effective in the battle with Islamic State, as now a united international effort is needed against the terrorist group, Putin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Putin &amp; Obama hold talks on G20 sidelines <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qhj5hvsKoB\">https:\/\/t.co\/qhj5hvsKoB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIvpf8wf5n\">pic.twitter.com\/VIvpf8wf5n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/665895889148473346\">November 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Putin reiterated Russia\u2019s readiness to support armed opposition in Syria in its efforts to fight Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some armed opposition groups consider it possible to begin active operations against IS with Russia&#8217;s support. And we are ready to provide such support from the air. If it happens it could become a good basis for the subsequent work on a political settlement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need support from the US, European nations, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;Let&#8217;s work together to annihilate ISIS&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7Q4l8SLkE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y7Q4l8SLkE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F9ysQ9kvCG\">pic.twitter.com\/F9ysQ9kvCG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT UK (@RTUKnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTUKnews\/status\/666223010903400448\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 Putin pointed out the change in Washington\u2019s stance on cooperation with Moscow in the fight against the terrorists. &#8220;<em>We need to organize work specifically concentrated on the prevention of terrorist attacks and tackling terrorism on a global scale. We offered to cooperate [with the US] in anti-IS efforts. Unfortunately, our American partners refused. They just sent a written note and it says: \u2018we reject your offer\u2019<\/em>,\u201d Putin said. \u201c<em>But life is always evolving and at a very fast pace, often teaching us lessons. And I think that now the realization that an effective fight [against terror] can only be staged together is coming to everybody<\/em>,\u201d the Russian leader said. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>BREAKING: Terror intel exchanges between US, Russia need to be enhanced \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CIA?src=hash\">#CIA<\/a> head Brennan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X8Xup6IypD\">https:\/\/t.co\/X8Xup6IypD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZbMvPkuLFd\">pic.twitter.com\/ZbMvPkuLFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/666260000516521984\">November 16, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Putin, first of all it should be decided which groups in Syria can be considered terrorist organizations and which can be attributed to an armed, but still legitimate part of the Syrian opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Our efforts must be concentrated on the battle with terrorist organizations.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin also disagreed with Western criticism of Russia\u2019s actions in Syria, where the country has been carrying out a large-scale air campaign against Islamic State and other terror groups since September 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s really difficult to criticize us,<\/em>\u201d he said, adding that Russia has repeatedly asked its foreign partners to provide data on terrorist targets in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>They\u2019re afraid to inform us on the territories which we shouldn\u2019t strike, fearing that it is precisely where we\u2019ll strike; that we are going to cheat everybody<\/em>,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Apparently, their opinion of us is based on their own concept of human decency<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Putin told the media that Russia has already established contact with the Syrian opposition, which has asked Moscow not carry out airstrikes in the territories it controls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still no conclusion on what caused Sinai plane crash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too early to make conclusions about the reasons for the crash of the Russian A321 jet over Egypt\u2019s Sinai Peninsula in late October, as all possible reasons are still being considered by the investigators, Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We know about all the possible scenarios, all of the scenarios are being considered. The final conclusion can only be made after the implementation and completion of the inspection<\/em>,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>If there was an explosion, the traces of explosives would have remained on the liner\u2019s cover and on the belongings of the passengers. It\u2019s inevitable. And we have enough equipment and skilled, world class experts, capable of finding those traces. Only then would it be possible to speak about the reasons for this tragedy<\/em>,&#8221; the president added.<\/p>\n<p>With 224 people dying in the crash, Putin said that &#8220;<em>it&#8217;s a huge emotional pain for all of us; for all Russian people, no matter what the cause of the crash was.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/322305-isis-financed-40-countries\/\">www.rt.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir Putin says he\u2019s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22526,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525\/revisions\/22526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kedisa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}