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Assad dispatched $250mn to Moscow: Report
15 December 2024 19:14 GMT
The UK newspaper Financial Times says it has uncovered records showing that Bashar al-Assad's central bank transferred around $240mn in cash to Moscow over a two-year period when the then president was indebted to Russia for military support.
According to the report, currency was flown in $100 bills and €500 notes to Moscow to be deposited at sanctioned Russian banks between 2018 and 2019.