Russian state media continue to largely ignore the Panama Papers scandal, although a Kremlin spokesman has dismissed allegations of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s involvement in large-scale money laundering.
Russia’s Channel One, the country’s flagship broadcaster, took nearly a full day before making even scant mention of the investigation.
Even then, coverage led with a statement by Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, denigrating the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) report as little more than a U.S. government-backed smear campaign. The newscast quickly switched to other investigation findings — those implicating Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a current Kremlin foe, for hiding offshore accounts.
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Source: Voice of America
