{"id":15145,"date":"2026-02-05T19:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/epstein-as-kremlin-spy-moscow-laughs-off-theory-says-putin-never-crossed-paths-with-disgraced-financier\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:15:21","slug":"epstein-as-kremlin-spy-moscow-laughs-off-theory-says-putin-never-crossed-paths-with-disgraced-financier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/epstein-as-kremlin-spy-moscow-laughs-off-theory-says-putin-never-crossed-paths-with-disgraced-financier\/","title":{"rendered":"Epstein as Kremlin spy? Moscow laughs off theory, says Putin never crossed paths with disgraced financier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>MOSCOW, Feb 5 &mdash; The Kremlin on Thursday laughed off the idea convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a secret Russian spy.<\/p>\n<p>Poland is set to probe Epstein&rsquo;s alleged links to Russian secret services following the latest release of millions of the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Epstein was a Russian agent, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m tempted to make a lot of jokes about that version, but let&rsquo;s not waste our time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The files show Epstein on multiple occasions talking about his desire to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin &mdash; though there is no evidence they ever did.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov told a Russian state media outlet earlier this week that the Kremlin had never received a request from the disgraced financier who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p>Putin&rsquo;s name features heavily in the latest release of documents from Epstein&rsquo;s email account &mdash; mostly news reports about the Russian leader, though also several apparent attempts by Epstein to set up a meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The latest tranche of documents also reveal Epstein&rsquo;s extensive efforts to bring young women from Russia to Europe and the United States. &mdash; AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Epstein as Kremlin spy? Moscow laughs off theory, says Putin never crossed paths with disgraced financier<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, Feb 5 &mdash; The Kremlin on Thursday laughed off the idea convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a secret Russian spy. Poland is set to probe Epstein&rsquo;s alleged links to Russian secret services following the latest release of millions of the Epstein files. Asked whether Epstein was a Russian agent, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/epstein-as-kremlin-spy-moscow-laughs-off-theory-says-putin-never-crossed-paths-with-disgraced-financier\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Epstein as Kremlin spy? Moscow laughs off theory, says Putin never crossed paths with disgraced financier&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}