NEWSWATCH AP: “The Latest: Russian media keep mum on offshore scandal”

Russian media are keeping mum about the $2 billion found in offshore accounts linked to close friends of President Vladimir Putin. … an international coalition of more than 100 media outlets … details how politicians use banks, law firms and offshore shell companies to hide their assets. Putin’s close friends including a cellist from St. Petersburg were shown to be engaged in a complex offshore scheme. … In Russia, where the investigation was published by independent Novaya Gazeta, the so-called Panama Papers scandal faced an effective coverage ban. Russian television on Monday morning made no mention of the Panama scandal.

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