In the first days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, a Russian plane took out about a ton of gold from Sudan, and there were 16 such flights
Russia smuggles gold out of Sudan, which allows it to finance the war in Ukraine. In the first days after the start of the full-scale invasion, a Russian plane took out about a ton of gold from Sudan, and there were 16 such flights. This is reported by CNN.
According to CNN, the Russian plane in question took off from the airport of the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum. The plane's documents indicated that it was carrying cookies and indeed there were many colorful boxes of cookies on board. However, under it was a much more valuable cargo.
“There was a heated discussion between the officials in the back office of Khartoum International Airport. They feared that an inspection of the plane would irritate the country's increasingly pro-Russian military leadership. Numerous previous attempts to intercept suspicious Russian carriers have been aborted. However, in the end, the officials decided to board the plane, according to the CNN article. – Inside the hold, multi-colored boxes with cookies stretched in front of them. Hidden beneath them were wooden crates containing Sudan's most valuable resource, gold. About one ton”. there were at least 16.
CNN reporters have examined numerous interviews with high-ranking Sudanese and American officials and many documents related to the smuggling of gold out of the country. They came to the conclusion that this is a well-thought-out Russian scheme to rob Sudan in order to replace Russia's losses from increasingly tough Western sanctions and to finance the war in Ukraine.
Evidence suggests that Russia has colluded with Sudan's military leadership, which allows the export of billions of dollars worth of gold to bypass the Sudanese state and deprive the state of revenue. In return, Russia has provided strong political and military support to Sudan's increasingly unpopular military leadership, which is brutally suppressing the country's pro-democracy movement. By the way, Sudan is one of the three world leaders in gold production.
You can read more about how Russia creates alliances with the countries of Asia and Africa for its own benefit in Serhii Korsunsky's article Alliances that Putin is Building.
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