The so-called Panama Papers, leaked over the weekend, detail alleged money laundering schemes, with a $2 billion scandal leading to the heart of the Kremlin. Here is what we know about the leak and how it has been received in Russia.
What is the leak?
The leak was of 11.5 million papers and documents—held by Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm—that were handed to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung from a source that the newspaper has not identified.
Suddeutsche Zeitung then shared the files with 107 newspapers, outlets and agencies whose journalists are members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The …read more
Source: Newsweek
