Erdogan accused Russia of oil collusion with the Islamic State

The United States has evidence that the Islamic State and Russian companies sell oil to Syria. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

At the same time, he called slander accusations that jihadists sell oil to Turkey.

On November 26, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded evidence that his country purchases energy from the Islamic State. The Turkish leader added that Ankara is taking measures to prevent oil smuggling at its borders, since it is one of the main sources of income for IG.

On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow admits the possibility that Turkey’s top political leadership is unaware of oil supplies to the country from the Islamic State.

“It is hard to believe in it, but theoretically it is possible,” said the head of state. At the same time, he stressed that this does not mean that the Turkish authorities should not stop such transactions.

“If there the Turkish authorities process oil, destroy it, but we don’t see smoke from the fire when oil is destroyed,” the president added. According to Putin, there is no doubt that this illegal oil goes to Turkey.

Earlier it was suggested that Turkey benefits from the purchase of cheap oil from ISIS terrorists operating in Syria near its borders. In particular, this motivated the motives of the attack of Turkey on the Su-24 aircraft.

Syrian leader Bashar Assad has repeatedly stated that all the IG's assistance (direct financial support, new fighters, participation in the sale of oil produced in the occupied grouping of the territory) passes through Turkey with the participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He added that the militants are personally supported by Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. At the same time, Assad himself is also accused of buying oil from terrorists.

Earlier, the Forum wrote that relations between Russia and Turkey are experiencing crisis after how in Syria the Russian crashed bomber Su-24. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plane was shot down by an air-to-air missile from the Turkish F-16 over Syrian territory and fell in Syria four kilometers from the border with Turkey.

The Russian president called the incident “a stab in the back by terrorist accomplices.” The Russian government is preparing a number of economic restrictions in response to the act of aggression of Turkey.

Turkish Foreign Ministry recommended to its citizens refrain from non-urgent travel to Russia before resolving the crisis in Russian-Turkish relations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his supporters thatAsstroen incident downed aircraft.