On May 13 2019, a plane carrying $10m in $100 bills sent on behalf of #Assad’s central bank landed in Moscow. In Feb 2019, €20m in €500 notes were sent . In total there were 21 flights from March 2018 to Sep 2019 carrying over $250m. #Syria #Russia https://www.ft.com/content/84ef8bdd-d070-431d-90f6-332937911096
Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow
Central bank sent planeloads of dollars in 2018 and 2019 when dictator was indebted to the KremlinChloe Cornish (Financial Times)
