The media revealed the secret offshore empire with assets of billions of dollars, behind which are Putin's "friends"
Hundreds of journalists from several world publications, including SueDdeutche Zeitung , Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project ( OCCRP ), International Consortium Journalists ( ICIJ ), The Guardian , the Russian New Gazeta and others, during a joint investigation, revealed an enormous offshore empire, which, presumably, may be involved in Russian President Vladimir Putin, many Russian officials, as well as some world leaders.