Russia leads U.N. initiative to target ISIS financing (Al Arabiya)
Al Arabiya English
By Louis Charbonneau, Reuters | United Nations
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Russia is leading a U.N. Security Council initiative to ratchet up pressure on countries to cut off the cash flow to Islamic State militants, Russia and council diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Russia circulated a draft to the council’s other permanent members - the United States, Britain, France and China - and is expected to distribute it to the full council soon, Western diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity. They noted that Moscow rarely drafts council resolutions.
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The resolution will focus on the three main sources of revenue for Islamic State: oil, the sale of antiquities and ransom from kidnappings.
The resolution will demand that countries not purchase oil from Islamic State, stop paying ransoms and not buy antiquities looted by the group.
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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/02/05/Russia-leads-U-N-initiative-to-target-ISIS-financing.html
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Among other details, the article gives specific numbers about income from the three sources, and also mentioned two more: donations, and "illegal taxation" from captured areas (meaning, protection money I suppose). It states that the Russians are interested in doing this resolution about ISIS because of "the number of Chechens that have joined the group".
I'm putting it here because I thought it might be of interest to some, but also thought it might not fit in LBN.
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