Bashar al-Assad took two tons of cash to Moscow – UNIAN
Large shipments of cash dollars and euros were brought from Russia long before the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
The world has begun to hunt for the billions of the ousted Syrian dictator. It became known that the Central Bank of Syria sent about $250 million in cash to Moscow in 2018-19, although the country was in dire need of foreign currency to stabilize the economy, writes the Financial Times.
Due to Western financial sanctions, there was only one direction for the regime of Bashar al-Assad to withdraw money from the country – through allied Russia. “Cash deliveries to Russia coincided with Syria becoming dependent on military support from the Kremlin, including from Wagner Group mercenaries, and the extended Assad family began purchasing luxury real estate in Moscow,” the publication says.
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