1. Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
- A massive leak of documents shines new light on the fabulous fortunes of the Russian president’s inner circle: Putin’s best friend: the cellist who holds the key to his fortune and Iceland’s PM faces snap election over revelations.
- A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin..
- .An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy.
- Though the president’s name does not appear in any of the records, the data reveals a pattern – his friends have earned millions from deals that seemingly could not have been secured without his patronage.The documents suggest Putin’s family has benefited from this money – his friends’ fortunes appear his to spend.
- The files are part of an unprecedented leak of millions of papers from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm. They show how the rich and powerful are able to exploit secret offshore tax regimes in myriad ways.
- The offshore trail starts in Panama, darts through Russia, Switzerland and Cyprus – and includes a private ski resort where Putin’s younger daughter, Katerina, got married in 2013.
- A new ‘smart mattress’ uses motion sensors to detect whether your other half is being unfaithful. It’s just one of the many ways you can now stoke your real-world insecurities online
- Durmet’s new £1,200 matress – the Smartress – comes with 24 motion detectors built into the springs – a “lover detection system” that is guaranteed, the makers say, to scan for “suspicious activity” and offer real-time updates, via a phone app, on anyone playing break-the-bed outside of the marriage unit.
- It’s certainly not the first product of a coming wave of tech-enabled personal paranoia. Child-tracking apps have been around for so long that they are increasingly accepted as a legitimate part of the parenting process.
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