The recent massive leaks regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case, which include thousands of documents and images, have confirmed suspicions about his connections with Russia's intelligence services. These revelations add to the names of personalities such as Bill Clinton or Prince Andrew, highlighting the traditional use of sexual blackmail in Russia from the era of Boris Yeltsin to the present day under Vladímir Putin.
According to information published by The Dossier Centre, linked to the opponent Mijaíl Jodorkovski, in 2015 Epstein reached out to Serguéi Belyakov, an FSB officer (former KGB) who had held government positions such as Deputy Minister of Economic Development. Epstein requested his help to neutralize a Russian prostitute, Gazel Ganieva, who was blackmailing American businessmen.
“"Just like Robert Maxwell, the British media mogul, father of Ghislaine, Epstein maintained strong ties with Russian and Israeli intelligence."
In exchange for the detailed report on Ganieva and her vulnerabilities, Belyakov obtained “suggestions” on how Russia could circumvent sanctions and attract high-level personalities to the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in 2015, shortly after the invasion of Crimea. A second key episode is Epstein's offer to the former Prime Minister of Norway, Thorbjorn Jagland, before the controversial Helsinki summit in 2018, where he suggested that the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov, could obtain relevant information about Donald Trump through him.
The American journalist Craig Unger, author of the book American Kompromat, confirmed these close ties with Russian and Israeli intelligence, drawing parallels with the case of Robert Maxwell, father of Ghislaine Maxwell. The magnitude of the network of favors to Russia is still being determined, with debates over whether the pedophile network was a KGB operation, as suggested by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, or if Epstein simply worked for his own interests.
