Putin Reveals Islamic State Funding Comes From 40 Countries, Including G20 Member States

President Vladimir Putin says he has shared Russian
intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues and said the
terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member
states.

During the summit, “I provided examples based on our data on
the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by
private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries
and, there are some of the G20 members among them,” Putin told the journalists.

Putin also spoke of the urgent need to curb the illegal oil
trade by IS.

“I’ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and
from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil
and petroleum products,” he said.

“The motorcade of refueling vehicles stretched for dozens of
kilometers, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 meters they stretch beyond
the horizon,” Putin added, comparing the convoy to gas and oil pipeline
systems.

It’s not the right time to try and figure out which country
is more and which is less effective in the battle with Islamic State, as now a
united international effort is needed against the terrorist group, Putin said.

He also reiterated Russia’s readiness to support armed
opposition in Syria in its efforts to fight Islamic State.