President Putin has denied "any
element of corruption" over the Panama Papers leaks, saying his
opponents are trying to destabilise Russia.
Mr Putin was speaking
for the first time since the leak of millions of confidential documents
from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The papers revealed a number of offshore companies owned by close associates of Mr Putin.
They suggest the companies may have been used for money laundering.
Mr Putin said Russia's opponents "are worried by the unity of the Russian nation... and that is why they are attempting to rock us from within, to make us more obedient".
"There is a certain friend of the president, he did such and such a thing, and there is probably a corruption element there, but there isn't any," Mr Putin went on to say.
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