After last week’s Turkish shootdown of a Russian bomber over Syrian airspace, tensions between the two nations are continuing to rise with no sign of a rapprochement any time soon. Turkey is threatening retaliatory sanctions against Russia and warning citizens against traveling there.
Turkey is also furious at the Russian Defense Ministry for not only accusing Turkey of buying ISIS oil, but presenting fairly comprehensive evidence to support the allegation. Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu dismissed it as “Soviet propaganda” and that nobody believes what Russia says.
Erdogan wasn’t nearly content with just dismissing the allegations and ignoring the evidence, claiming Russia is secretly the one buying ISIS oil, and also claiming to have secret proof. Unlike Russia, however, Erdogan never released his evidence.
The counter-allegation doesn’t even make a lot of sense, as ISIS is smuggling oil out over its borders, and doesn’t have a border with Russia. Oil is believed to be going out of ISIS territory into Iraqi Kurdistan, Syrian government territory, and Turkey.
Erdogan is a snake and material supported of terrorism. How is that relationship between Turkey and Paris anyway?
Fresh off his sham election, Erdogan is unhinged. For the sake of Turkey and the world, Russia ought to be pursuing covert methods of taking him out.
Putin seems to have abandoned all hope of ever being allowed into the US coalition or, more likely, he has realised that admission to the coalition will not get him the hoped-for "reward" in Ukraine and that has thrown him into total panic. He has now painted himself into yet another corner and is flailing about wildly trying to get himself out. If he had an ounce of political savvy, he'd have downplayed the whole thing. A "terrible misunderstanding" to be investigated jointly with his "Turkish friends" so as to prevent such "misunderstandings" in the future etc. etc. That's how he should have played it. As always, instead of sitting tight and awaiting developments, he has gone charging in with all guns blazing. Sooner or later, the international community will make war on Putin, not because it wants to but because he will leave it no other choice.
In addition to the fact that Russia does not border Syria, Russia is a major oil producer. So, even if it could, why would Russia be buying oil from ISIS? Of course, we are all supposed to believe Erdogan's secret evidence of implausible.
It’s simple:Assad is buying oil from ISIS. Russia supports Assad and is helping him with it.