Epsteins okända budskap till Vladimir Putin
Published 2026-02-08 23.51
Documents show that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wanted to get a message to Vladimir Putin.
As late as 2019, he applied for a new visa to Russia.
But he never got there.
The dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had a great interest in recruiting models from Russia and Eastern Europe, which has been known for a long time. But the documents that have been published about him recently give a new insight into his connections to the East.
And he had several contacts in Russia.
Several documents show that he made attempts to approach high-ranking Russian representatives, including President Putin.
On May 9, 2013, Epstein wrote to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that Norwegian politician Thorbjørn Jagland, then Secretary General of the Council of Europe, would meet with Putin in Sochi on May 20.
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Jagland is said to have asked if Epstein could participate in a meeting with the Russian president to “explain how Russia can structure deals to attract Western investment.”
“I never met him (Putin, ed., note) – just wanted you to know,” Epstein wrote to Barak.
Contact with the FSB
A few days later, Jagland wrote to Epstein that he planned to pass on a message to Putin that Epstein could be of use to the Russian president.
Epstein replied that Putin was in a “unique position to do something great,” and that he would like to meet him – but only if the meeting lasted “at least two to three hours and was private.”
It is unclear whether they actually met and why Epstein actually wanted to meet Vladimir Putin. What message he had for the Russian president.
The documents show that Jeffrey Epstein also had close contact with at least one person with connections to the FSB, Russia’s security service.
CNN reports.
In an email from 2015, Epstein called Sergei Belyakov, former head of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, “my very good friend.”
Epstein also offered to introduce Belyakov to investors. He also sought his help in sensitive situations.
Among other things, when a Russian woman tried to blackmail influential businessmen in New York.
Advised oligarch
Epstein also claimed to have advised Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. However, it is unclear whether they ever met.
Several of Epstein's contacts with Russian officials took place during a sensitive period in US-Russia relations, after US intelligence agencies accused Russia of influencing the 2016 presidential election.
In June 2018, Jagland wrote to Epstein that he planned to travel from Moscow, where he would meet with Putin, Lavrov and then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Epstein replied that he regretted that he could not be there to meet the Russians.
Masha Drokova, a former youth leader in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s youth organization Nashi, is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the released emails and Skype chats between 2017 and 2019, the Washington Post reports.
Drokova, who worked in media relations for technology companies at the time, appears in the documents as someone who arranged interviews with Epstein and tried to arrange for researchers to give interviews about her relationships with him.
Would arrange Russian women for Epstein
The documents show how Drokova lavished praise on Epstein. She also sent him photos of herself – photos that she said she could not post on social media.
Epstein and Drokova were introduced via email in 2017 by a person whose name has been masked in the documents.
The person described Drokova to Epstein as: “An exceptional young woman. She wants to meet you, get to know you and help me find a young, attractive assistant for you. Masha says she needs to know who you are and what kind of assistants you are looking for,” the person wrote.
The emails show that Drokova then suggested several young women she thought could serve as Epstein’s assistants.
Epstein’s contacts with Russian officials have led to speculation about his motives.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a cabinet meeting this week that Poland will launch an investigation into Epstein's possible links to Russian intelligence.
- A growing number of experts believe that it is very likely that this was a deliberate operation by the Russian KGB. A so-called "honey trap" for the elite in the West, primarily the United States, Tusk said.
However, the Kremlin has dismissed the information.Ghislaine Maxwell.
The documents show that Epstein also traveled to Russia.
Together with his assistant Ghislaine Maxwell, he traveled to Moscow and St. Petersburg in November 2002.
Epstein applied for a Russian visa again as late as 2019 - just months before he was arrested.
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