Putin is dismissing an international report on his corruption as a 'media falsehood'

REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin The Kremlin on Monday took the unusual step of issuing a sort of “pre-buttal” in advance of the publication of an international group of investigative journalists’ report on the personal finances of Russian President Vladimir Putin, his family, and close friends. Putin spokesperson Dimitry Peskov said the Kremlin has received a set of questions from reporters leading the Putin administration to believe that “another media falsehood disguised...