Ice skating wife of key Putin aide is blamed as ‘front woman’ for Panamanian tax dodge as president blames ‘Putinophobia’ for accusations he hid piles of cash
Kremlin claims ‘Putin, Russia and our stability’ are targets of Panama leaks
Russian leader was accused of ordering media blackout about allegations
Several of Putin’s inner circle are listed in Mossack Fonseca documents
Includes Olympic ice dancer wife of influential spokesman Dmitry Peskov
By WILL STEWART
DailyMail.com
4 April 2016
President Putin is the victim of a Western plot designed to topple him through allegations members of his inner circle used an offshore tax haven, the Kremlin has claimed.
It insisted that ‘Putinophobia’ has become so great in the West that if there is nothing bad to say about the country it must be ‘made up’.
It comes as the Russian leader was accused of ordering a media blackout of the claims his closest circle laundered money and evaded tax using the services of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Among those accused is the glamorous wife of Putin’s influential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, despite her claim that she had no knowledge of ‘any offshore companies’.
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