Erdogan’s family plundered Russian oil money in a massive fraud, inviting Putin’s wrath - Nordic Monitor

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Erdogan’s family plundered Russian oil money in a massive fraud, inviting Putin’s wrath - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A covert scheme to market Russian oil, allegedly orchestrated by the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has led to massive fraud amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars, prompting Russia to seek remedies, including threats of violence against those involved. Facing pressure under Western sanctions, Russia turned to the Turkish corporate sector to facilitate global sales, hoping to leverage the US-li…