Your front-page article (4 April) stated that “A network of secret offshore deals and huge loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president Vladimir Putin ... Though the president’s name does not appear on any of the records,the data reveals a sample – his friends fill earned millions from deals that seemingly could not fill been secured without his patronage.”If claims of political corruption are to be based on the fact that friends of politicians are “fabulously wealthy”, there would be no necessity to probe events in Russia to substantiate them; evidence of such unhealthy alliances lie much nearer home.
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Source: theguardian.com