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IS get funding from 40 states, including G20 -Putin

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President, Vladimir Putin of Russia, has revealed that funding for the extremist group, Islamic State, comes from sources in 40 countries, including several members of the Group of Twenty (G20).vladimir putin

Putin maintained that these undisclosed countries need to do more to prevent such funding as well as the sale of oil and other resources by Islamic State.

“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,” Mr. Putin told journalists.

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

He added that the fight against Islamic State is a greater priority than political reform in Syria, the is coming at the back of a suspected bombing of a Russian airline and an attack on Paris.

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