In addition to his interest in young Russian women, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained close relationships with Kremlin insiders, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice on January 30. Attracted by the financial opportunities of an emerging Russia, which he saw as a land of plenty, and fascinated by its oligarchs, the financier built a network of connections with government decision-makers. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as a facilitator for Russian elites, arranging not only sexual orgies but also real estate deals and offshore financial schemes.
Yet his repeated requests to meet with Vladimir Putin appeared to go unanswered, as did his desire to travel to Russia, despite numerous visa applications, including one in 2011 at the invitation of Vympel, the association of veterans of Russian special services.
In a letter sent on June 24, 2018, to former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland, who hadthe ear of the Russian leader, the financier asked him to arrange a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, to whom he promised to provide “information.”
His most regular contact was Sergei Beliakov, a senior Russian official trained at the Academy of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the Soviet KGB. Epstein met with him on several occasions, maintaining extensive correspondence. In an email dated January 2016 and titled “My new position,” Beliakov informed Epstein that he had started working for the Russian Direct Investment Fund, led by Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin’s current envoy to the US administration for ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Now mention his even better documented ties to Mossad.