They demanded an immediate resignation of the country's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson.
The Icelandic official, along with other known politicians, businessmen and show business stars from many parts of the world, appeared to have been involved in the offshore scandal, started last weekend. A group of journalists, investigating corruption schemes, disclosed the information from the archives of Panama, including the offshore companies' owners.
On the photo, there are crowds of Icelanders demanding a resignation of the country's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson.
For the moment, it is the citizens of Iceland, that seem the most unsatisfied, as they were the only ones to go out into the streets and fight for their rights. Others can be waiting for the public comments of those being accused of tax evasion.
On the photo, a young man from Iceland is taking part in the anticorruption protest in Reykjavik on April 4.
The authorities of the countries, the residents of which were mentioned the notorious list, showed ambiguous reaction to the data leakage. For example, the French taxation institutions promised to start the investigation with regards to the discovered information. The British government requested the journalists to provide the copies of the documents for a closer investigation. Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, (the name of the Russian leader is a part of the scandal), declares that such investigation is a shallow one, and is disclosed in order to keep the attention away from success of Russia.
The Prime Minister of Iceland, as stated in the documents, owned financial assets of all country's banks, having possibility to influence on their value. As it appeared, due to his position he was authorized to discuss issues concerning the Icelandic banks.
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