adam rainey, a. >> close associates of the russian vladimir putin are involved in this.y challands has the latest. >> the kremlin knew this was coming, last week, the kremlin spokesperson briefed on it basically saying there was a piece of what he called paid journalism coming down the track. he serbcially, he described it as an anti-russian smear campaign originating from the west. it's being broadly ig in order at the moment by the russian state t.v. channels. only really a few remaining independent media outlets have picked this up. oath balance, the president is going to be breathing a bit of a sigh of relief for a number of different reasons. for one, there is a putin-shaped hole at the sent of these allegations. lots of implications and some direct naming of people around the president, but this is no gotcha, no smoking gun that hit the president full in the face. it doesn't look good, but it gives putin a degree of definitedeny apparently. also, i think the kremlin will be relieved by the shear size of this data leak. >>> lebanese police uncovered what they say is

adam rainey, al jazeera, mexico city. >>> allegation is are based on speculation, al jazeera's rory challands has more from moscow. >> the officials knew this was coming. briefed on it, basically saying there was a piece of what he called paid journalism down the track. antismear campaign generated from the west, russian state tv channels, the few remaining independent outlets have picked this up, the pengtd is goin peng to breathe a sigh of relief, because there's a putin-shaped hole, and naij of people around the president but no smoking gun that really hit the presidents in the face, doesn't look good but gives putin a degree of deniability. they'll be surprised by the sheer size of this leak. petro poroshenko, the icelandic premier, the name of the former emir of qatar, the georgian prime minister, many of the most powerful and richest men in the world, their names are contained on this paper. this is not just governmental but global that needs to be addressed. >> rory challands there in moscow. >>> 16 refugees landed in the central germa german area. on the other side greek officials say

adam rainey reports from panama city.ase of france, the national government will have to analyze the situation and take a series of measures which, of course, could include resip rip rick cal measures on a country that includes us on the gray list. regardsless of the steps panama takes, regarding the french threat, only left panama with one choice. >> they had to respond because there was a political pressure. a grass routes political pressure to defend national interests. since the publication of the panama papers, the government has been on a mission to tell reporters how much it has reformed the financial system macing it stronger and more transpare transparent. a sector that has brought in billions of s brought in billions of dollars. >> they talk about us like we are some specialists in money lau laundering. >> despite banking reforms and more transparency, many leaders don't buy the claims that it's cleaned up its act. they are pushing for the government to take more drastic steps the scandal threat tens the new lea

rainey reports. >> reporter: - adam >> reporter: usually fridays and saturday see the political class evacuate the capital. not this weekend. >> normally to work on the weekends here, but this weekend in brazil it is here. >> reporter: the congressional impeachment commission dug in. on monday the commission will likely recommended the president dilma rousseff's impeachment that would send it to a vote in congress where support for her impeachment has almost reached the necessary two-thirds threshold. while congress hundred kerred down on friday-- hunkered down, protesters camped out on the street. their aim, to push for impeachment. >> translation: we need a constitutional military intervention. there's no other option for us except the military. >> reporter: strong words in a country that only saw democracy return in 1985 after two decades of military rule. such thoughts, of course, are frightening to many poor brazilians who stand by the leftist president. >> translation: i want her to win in fight and stay until the end of her term. >> reporter: it has all the makings of an entrenched politica