Exclusive: Russian banks strengthen ties with blacklisted Syrian lenders

By Thomas Grove MOSCOW | Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:55am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) – Intent on supplying his government with arms, oil and food, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has turned to Russian banks to access world markets, and the lenders could open more doors to him, despite a risk of isolation from the U.S. banking [...] Exclusive: Russian banks strengthen ties with blacklisted Syrian lenders | www.limit.ws