> the financial times (ft) said that it had uncovered records showing that assad's regime flew two tonnes of banknotes into moscow between 2018 and 2019 to be deposited at russian banks. newsweek has contacted the russian foreign ministry for comment. > the ft says that syria's central bank airlifted $250 million in cash to russia at a time when assad was indebted to moscow and the middle eastern country was desperately short of foreign currency.
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