LONDON, December 3. /TASS/. The British parliament has asked Russia to provide information on countries that buy oil from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, Russian Ambassador to London Alexander Yakovenko said on Thursday.

Yakovenko wrote on his Twitter microblog that he will send Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn the information. "I am sending you by mail the information on your yesterday’s question in the parliament on who benefits from IS oil trade," the diplomat wrote. Yakovenko added that Corbyn would get the information about Turkey’s involvement in IS oil trade in the nearest hours.

On December 2 Corbyn said at the session of the House of Commons that it is necessary to find out which countries are buying oil from IS, who finances this and which banks are involved in transactions.

On Wednesday Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told a briefing in Moscow that Turkey’s senior leadership and personally President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are involved in the illegal production and transportation of Syrian and Iraqi oil to Turkey. "Turkey is the main consumer of this oil stolen from its legitimate owners - Syria and Iraq. According to received information, the country’s (Turkey) senior leadership, President Erdogan and his family are being personally involved in this criminal business," Antonov said adding he expected the reaction to be serious. "The profits from selling oil are one of the most important sources of the terrorists’ activity in Syria. They earn around $2 billion every year, spending these funds on recruiting gunmen around the world and providing them with weapons, equipment and armament," he added.