Did M. Khodorkovsky really participate in the orgies organized by J. Epstein?

Tsargrad, one of the popular pro-Kremlin propaganda channels in Russia announces:

“Misha Khodorkovsky often visits the island of pedophiles… The story regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophile island” – an American financier accused of selling girls to influential politicians and businessmen – has turned once morest M. Khodorkovsky. The oligarch’s last name, as learned by those interested in the “pedophile island” case, was given by one of the witnesses during the interrogation.”

Scanpix photo/Jeffrey Epstein

Similar a message it is also distributed on the Facebook social network in English.

“January 4 (2024) a number of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were made public by court order.

The documents shed light on the infamous Epstein Island, where minors were allegedly recruited into prostitution to serve the elite.

With rare exceptions, most of the names of the individuals mentioned in the documents have previously appeared in the media due to leaks and journalistic investigations.

However, the name of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Russian billionaire linked to Soros, was discovered on Epstein’s client list only now. M. Khodorkovsky was one of the richest Russians of the 1990s.”

Assigned to pimps

The attack from pro-Kremlin sources and Russian sympathizers is completely understandable: M.Chodorkovskis in the 1990s, he implemented a number of business projects and became a billionaire.

He later became a staunch political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin and was convicted in a trumped-up case and spent more than ten years in prison. After his release, he left Russia and continues his political activities in exile.

Reuters/Scanpix photo/Mikhail Khodorkovsky in court

The ability to associate it with J. Epstein – a sex offender, rapist and pimp, among others, guilty of crimes once morest minors and who used his criminal enterprise to connect with politicians and celebrities – is very attractive to those who want to discredit opponents of the Putin regime.

However, in fact, in the European and US media, where was announced material regarding J. Epstein’s declassified documents, M. Khodorkovsky is not mentioned.

In addition, you can now get acquainted with original documents – the court made them public.

M. Khodorkovsky’s name is also nowhere mentioned in them.

For this reason, we can safely say that the photos of “Epstein’s Lists” published on Telegram channels and pro-Kremlin pages with the name of the Russian politician and political émigré are fakes.

And the fact that such sources as “Tsargrad” are engaged in spreading this “sensation” indirectly confirms that a deliberate disinformation campaign is underway in this case.

It is aimed at both the domestic Russian audience and the English-speaking information environment.

The likely goal is to create a negative image not only of M. Khodorkovsky, but also of all opponents of V. Putin’s regime in general, which should be associated with “excessive” wealth and such terrible crimes as sexual exploitation and pedophilia.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell / Scanpix photo.

15min verdict: lie. There is no evidence that M. Khodorkovsky participated in J. Epstein’s orgies.

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