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Report: Assad airlifted $252M to Russia in 21 flights before fleeing

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Toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad airlifted around $252 million in cash to Moscow in a two-year period when Syria was dependent on Russia for support.

The Financial Times has uncovered records showing that Assad’s regime flew two tonnes of banknotes into Vnukovo airport in Moscow to be deposited at Russian banks between 2018 and 2019.

The shipments came at a time when Syria was dependant on Russia’s military support, including mercenaries from the Wagner group.

At the same time Assad’s family began buying hoards of luxury properties in Moscow, the FT reported.

Assad’s regime has been accused of looting Syria’s wealth and turning to criminal activity to finance the war against its own people.

Assad’s regime transported huge shipments of US and euro banknotes into Russia between March 2018 and September 2019.

Russian trade records from Import Genius, an export data service, show that on in 2019, a plane carrying $10mn in $100 bills sent on behalf of Assad’s central bank landed in Vnukovo airport. The central bank then airlifted in around €20mn in €500 notes in February 2019.

 

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