Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Russian Military Contractors Now Have A Stake In Syria's Oil Fileds


Moscow Times: Russian Mercenaries Offered Cut of Profits from Oil Fields in Syria

A Syrian state oil company offered Russian military contractors a cut of the profits from oil refineries liberated by the mercenaries from Islamic State (IS), a cache of documents obtained by the Associated Press (AP) revealed Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to withdraw from Syria during a surprise visit to an airbase there on Monday, two years after the Kremlin entered the Syrian war in support of Bashar Assad's regime.

Russia’s Defense Ministry does not officially recognize the role of private contractors in Syria, but their involvement has kept the country's official death toll low ahead of Putin’s bid for reelection next year.

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WNU Editor: Russian military contractors have been in Syria for a long time .... The Remarkable Story Of Russian Mercenaries Who Went To War Against Syrian Rebels (December 29, 2013). As for the battle to recapture the oil fields help by ISIS, Russian contractors have suffered heavy casualties in the past few months .... Syrian Forces And Russian Mercenaries Suffer Heavy Losses In The Battle For The Eastern Syrian Province Of Deir el-Sour (October 15, 2017).

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