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‘Tempted to make jokes, but let’s not waste time’: Kremlin refutes claims of Jeffrey Epstein being Russian spy

‘Tempted to make jokes, but let’s not waste time’: Kremlin refutes claims of Jeffrey Epstein being Russian spy

Image from the documents of Epstein Files Photograph: (AFP)

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The Kremlin rejected claims that Jeffrey Epstein was a Russian spy, as Poland announced a probe into alleged intelligence links following fresh Epstein Files revelations mentioning Russia and Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin on Thursday (Feb 5) dismissed the claims that late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a Russian spy. The claims were made after the revelations in the fresh documents of the Epstein Files. Poland, on the other hand, has announced that it will probe the alleged links of the sex offender with Russian secret services. In a press conference, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked whether Epstein was a Russian agent. “I’m tempted to make a lot of jokes about that version, but let’s not waste our time," Peskov responded.

Last week, Peskov told a Russian media outlet that the Kremlin never received a request from the sex offender, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Warsaw would launch an investigation into what it said were possible links between Epstein and Russia’s intelligence services, and any potential impact of the same on Poland.

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As per the AFP, the newly released documents showed that the sex offender expressed his desire to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin on multiple occasions. But there is no evidence that the Russian supremo ever met Epstein. Moreover, the documents also claimed that some of the women Epstein was in contact with were Russian.

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The newly released Epstein Files also reveal repeated references to the word “pizza” in conversations involving Erin Ko and the Hodges, triggering a wave of online speculation. However, officials and investigators have cautioned that there is no evidence linking these mentions to the long-debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory, urging the public not to draw unfounded conclusions from the documents.

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