Top Vladimir Putin aid: Panama Papers leak example of 'Putinophobia'

2016-04-04 3

Russian President Vladimir Putin is one highly influential political figure caught off guard by today's leak of the "Panama Papers. The highly sensitive financial documents were unearthed by a coalition of international media outlets Putin didn't respond directly, but spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that the former was a target of a smear campaign, which coincides with a parliamentary election year Peskov cleverly labeled this "Putinophobia."