The Panama papers would have been a political and public relations disaster if the Kremlin had not received large-scale help from Russia’s news media.

Russia’s news media are worried that sooner or later the information revealed by the Panama papers will destroy Vladimir Putin’s government.

The information revealed by the Panama papers is so vague that Russia’s news media have refused to take it seriously.

Since the Kremlin controls all of Russia’s news media, Russians have no way to know the truth about Vladimir Putin’s involvement with the Panama papers.

In general, Russia’s news media will determine what most Russians think about the Panama papers.