Newly Released Documents Show Jeffrey Epstein Sought Ties with Vladimir Putin via Russian Officials

Moscow. New documents released by the US Department of Justice show that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attempted to establish contact and closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials.

According to the files, in June 2018, Epstein emailed Norwegian politician and then-Secretary General of the European Council, Thorbjørn Jagland, asking him to explore the possibility of dialogue with Putin through Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He mentioned having regular meetings with former Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, and that after Churkin's death, he needed a new contact.
 
Epstein also offered to help Churkin's son, Maxim, secure a job at a property management company in New York. In another email, he claimed that Churkin understood Trump well, commenting that power relations always follow the simple logic of 'having to get something in return'. While it was previously revealed that Epstein had tried to recruit models from Eastern Europe and Russia, the new documents provide further evidence that he was actively trying to build state-level relationships.
 
Following this revelation, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that his country would investigate potential links between Epstein and Russian intelligence services. He called it a potential international network connected to an 'unprecedented pedophilia scandal'. This highlights the risk that world leaders who are still active may possess compromising material related to Russia.

Russia, however, has flatly denied the accusation that Epstein was a Russian spy. According to analysts, the new papers portray Epstein not just as a financial criminal, but also as a potential political intermediary and influence-peddler.