The records obtainedshowed that more than 200 tons of bank notes were delivered to Syrian from Moscow between July and September this year ,while at least eight round-trips were made – deliberately avoiding Turkish airspace after tensions arose between Syria and Turkey since the spring.
Though the logs did not specify the type, nor value, of currencythat was being delivered, unconfirmed reports earlier this year suggested that Russia had agreed to print the Syrian pound for Assad, after Syria’s previous printer, Austrian bank Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH, annulled an agreement with the government in September 2011.
Syrian and Russian officials did not respond to questionsabout the authenticity and accuracy of the flight records and it is not possible to know whether the logs accurately described the cargo, ProPublica said. But ProPublica confirmed that nearly all the flights did take place after verification through international plane tracking services, photos by aviation enthusiasts and air traffic control recordings.
http://www.economywatch.com/in-the-news/russia-printing-and-supplying-currency-to-assads-regime-in-syria.27-11.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2012/11/27/russia-prints-cash-for-syrian-regime/
Medvedev : Support of Syria Rebels 'Unacceptable'
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