Panama Papers: Another CIA dud against Putin - M Bhadrakumar

``Why has the US intelligence shut down a flashy project that was painstakingly put together and aimed at destroying Putin's reputation before the crucial parliamentary election in Russia in autumn? The answer is simple: The Panama Papers project crash-landed. It failed to smear Putin's ‘image'. The Russian people smelt a rat and ignored the Panama Papers, while the world community is largely immune to the West's shenanigans to demonize Putin. So, the law of diminishing returns is at work.''