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Panama Leaked Files Spark Angry Reaction in Moscow - WSJ

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Panama Leaked Files Spark Angry Reaction in Moscow - WSJ Monday April 4 th , 2016  at  10:57 AM 1 Share ENLARGE Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting outside Moscow on Monday.  Photo: Associated Press By Laura Mills Laura Mills The Wall Street Journal CANCEL Biography @lauraphylmills 35 COMMENTS MOSCOW—News reports based on leaked documents that detailed alleged offshore accounts belonging to dozens of prominent people, including a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sparked outrage from the Kremlin on Monday. The reports, published late Sunday, are based on millions of documents that news outlets said were leaked from a Panama law firm that set up offshore bank accounts for dozens of global leaders, businessmen and celebrities. They placed Mr. Putin’s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin and a high-profile Russian bank at the center of a web of complex transactions amounting to a