Confectionery tycoon turned President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, one of the most high-profile names in the ‘Panama Papers’ data leak, is maintaining that he did nothing wrong.<br /><br /> Speaking in Japan on Wednesday, he denied putting assets in an offshore trust – or SPV – to minimise taxes.<br /><br /> “Immediately when I became president, I declared that all my businesses I put in the absolutely transparent blind trust of the biggest investor bank in the world. Now I can mention this bank. This is Rothschild Bank,” Poroshenko told reporters in Tokyo.<br /><br /> “The SPV has absolutely normal practice… not for minimising the taxes, not secretly, nothing.”<br /><br /> He added: “This company did not get a penny from Ukraine and the only purpose of that was a transparent separation of business of the Ukrainian President from any political influence.<br /><br /> As Ukraine’s tax authorities said they would be examining documents relating to Poroshenko’s offshore assets, he insisted on his commitment to transparency.<br /><br /> “I plan to
