“Every civilized country must contribute to the fight against terrorism”, Putin urged, “reaffirming their solidarity, not in word but in deed”. But speaking during a visit to Qatar, he also said he did not want relations with Moscow to worsen further. “That means no shelter to bandits, no double standards, no contacts whatsoever with any terrorist organizations, no attempts to use them for some selfish goals, no criminal, bloody business with terrorists”.
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“The main consumer of this oil stolen from the legal owners in Syria and Iraq is Turkey”.
“It seems as if Allah made a decision to punish the ruling clique, taking away their brains”.
Aren’t Turkey and Russian Federation fighting the same war against Isis?
The U.S. on Wednesday sharply refuted Russian allegations that Turkey is facilitating Daesh oil sales. Firstly they would believe them and then expect the world to believe them.
He said that Turkey will act within the framework of worldwide diplomacy, Trend reports.
Erdogan responded by saying no one had the right to “slander” Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from Islamic State, and that he would stand down if such allegations were proven to be true.
Erdogan lashed out at the latest Russian accusations.
The presentation was light on direct connections to Erdogan’s family, though with his family so deeply involved in Turkey’s energy industry, simply tracking the oil from ISIS territory to refineries inside Turkey is likely a start toward that end.
Mr Antonov and three senior Russian generals who hosted yesterday’s briefing did not say what evidence they had specially linking Mr Erdogan and his family to illegal oil smuggling.
Turkey and the United States have rejected those claims.
“I would like them to remember this”, Putin said, “those in Turkey who shot out pilots in the back, those hypocrites who tried to justify their actions and cover up for terrorists”.
“Those who were not happy about sanctions imposed against them should not impose sanctions on others”, he said.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday that some areas were still not properly secured.
One of the plane’s pilots was killed, while another was rescued.
Following Monday’s meeting with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of a climate summit in Paris, Putin said they have a shared understanding on how to move toward a political settlement in Syria and discussed efforts to compile a list of extremist groups and another one of members of legitimate political opposition.
The authenticity of the video was not immediately clear, but Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed Thursday that the victim was Chechen and called for revenge.
The US-led coalition is not bombing IS oil trucks, Rudskoy said.
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Thousands of Russian citizens from Chechnya, Dagestan and elsewhere have joined the Islamic State group in Syria.
