Putin is more dangerous for the United States than Hitler
In 2015, the anonymous person who handed over the so-called “Panama Archive” materials to journalists gave an interview for the first time.
Among other things, he Russia mentioning the president’s name and saying that the money that his entourage previously invested in offshore companies is now being used to finance the war in Ukraine.
The interview, conducted by two journalists from the German publication “Der Spiegel”, was published on the website of OCCRP, an international research project that brings together journalists from different countries.
Dozens of project journalists have collaborated with each other to publish many materials in 2016 based on the information contained in the Panama Papers. Conversation Russia It comes from the archives of Massack Fonseca, whose clients include numerous businessmen, politicians, public figures and celebrities from dozens of countries.
The same person who has not revealed his real name yet Russia considers President Vladimir Putin “a greater threat to the United States than Hitler” at the time. In a conversation with journalists, the person did not explain exactly how offshore companies finance the Russian army.
He also mentioned the cellist Sergei Roldugin, whom Putin calls a friend. According to the “Panama Archives”, larger sums were transferred through offshore companies in his name.
An informed source believes that Western countries should focus their efforts on the disclosure of offshore assets of Putin’s entourage. He called this task the “Manhattan Project” (USAcomparing it with the project to create an atomic bomb during the Second World War, that there are opportunities for this, but not enough political noted that there is no will. He noted that Western governments should not focus on symbolic assets such as yachts, but start disclosing their offshore owners.
Putin and a number of senior Russian officials have repeatedly stated that they have no offshore assets. Virtually the entire Russian leadership is now under Western sanctions.