Putin Says Russia Has ‘More Proof’ ISIS Sending Oil Through Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin said it has received new intelligence that oil from areas controlled by ISIS is being moved through Turkey on a widespread scale.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with employees of the Ural Transport Machine Building Design Bureau during a visit to the UralVagonZavod factory in Nizhny Tagil in the Ural mountains, Russia, on Nov. 25, 2015. Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik via AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin said it has received new intelligence that oil from areas controlled by ISIS is being moved through Turkey on a widespread scale.

Putin said that the Su-24 that was downed by Turkish jets on Nov. 24 in an attempt to secure ISIS oil deliveries into the country. The Russian president delivered his comments at the Paris climate change summit on Nov. 30.

“At the moment we have received additional information confirming that that oil from the deposits controlled by Islamic State militants enters Turkish territory on industrial scale,” he said, according to state-funded RT.

“We have every reason to believe that the decision to down our plane was guided by a desire to ensure security of this oil’s delivery routes to ports where they are shipped in tankers,” Putin added.

Turkish army tanks are stationed at a train station after their arrival from western Turkey, in Gaziantep, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Turkey shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber at the Syrian border on Tuesday, insisting it had violated its airspace despite repeated warnings. The tanks are expected to be deployed to the border with Syria. DHA agency via AP