Mark Galeotti: The Panama Papers show how corruption really works in Russia
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Director Gerard Ryle speaks from his office in Washington, DC, April 4.
Two big stories about Russian corruption have broken in the past week. A leak of papers from a Panamanian law firm appears to show perhaps $2 billion, presumably owned by President Vladimir Putin, stashed away in offshore companies under the name of a close friend and the godfather of his oldest daughter, the cellist Sergei Roldugin.