Russiagate 2.0: The West has rolled out a disgraced asset on Epstein

While everyone is scouring over the millions of newly released Epstein documents, which continue to expose the disgusting depths of depravity among Western elites, a familiar discredited voice has surfaced with a convenient alternative tale: blame Russia.

Where did the “blame Russia for Epstein” conspiracy come from?

The conspiracy, first pushed in London by the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, and later in the day by the New York Post, began claiming that Epstein, the proudly Jewish, pedophile financier, was somehow linked to Russia. Former BBC host Andrew Marr delivered an 11 minute sermon to his listeners on LBC radio on the same theme. No sense of coordination here at all, obviously.

Next in line, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a figure whose political identity has practically been built upon antagonism toward Moscow, jumped on the bandwagon. Tusk, even announced an investigation into a scandal he, without basis, announced was “co-organised by Russian intelligence.”

History repeated itself as farce on Wednesday, however, when the Daily Mail front paged the conspiracy theory once again, only this time it was being championed by none other than disgraced MI6 agent Christopher Steele.

Why is Christopher Steele a figure of fun to Russia-watchers?

In case you forgot, Steele was a key architect of the infamous Russiagate hoax and the author of the completely debunked Clinton-funded ‘Steele Dossier’ that tried to paint US President Donald Trump as a Russian asset.

Despite his claims being disproven, not to mention his reputation suffering appropriately, Steele now styles himself as an intelligence pundit. Speaking to the Daily Mail, he has suggested that Epstein was “very likely” recruited by the KGB in the 1970s to run a blackmail operation against the West, with his infamous island serving as a Russia-funded “honey trap.”

His evidence? “Understanding” from unnamed American sources and the fact that Epstein wore a communist-style cap in a photo.

Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post has similarly claimed that “thousands of cryptic messages” tie Epstein to Moscow, citing anonymous sources to back up the claims.

What can we actually conclude about all of this conspiracy theorizing?

A cursory review of the actual files, however, evaporates the fantasy. The files reveal Epstein spent years pestering his contacts for an audience with Russian President Vladimir Putin, mostly to pitch financial schemes.

The “thousands of references” to Russia touted by the conspiracy theorists largely consist of Epstein’s own name-dropping as he unsuccessfully tried to set up connections with Russian officials.

The disclosed files paint a far more substantial connection between the financier and Israeli intelligence, through his deep alliance with sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father Robert was a reported Mossad asset – a detail the Western tabloids left in the footnotes.

What has Moscow said about the re-hashed conspiracy?

Russian officials have dismissed the allegations with open ridicule. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed out the glaring absurdity as Western media was handed a “fatty piece” of evidence detailing the crimes of their own leaders, yet chose to “discuss Russia.”

She suggested the real scandal is “how the Western elite treats children,” a theme relentlessly documented in the very files the Daily Mail now seeks to explain away as a foreign plot.

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a key figure in the ongoing Ukraine peace talks was more blunt, calling the recycled narrative a sign of a “depraved” elite in its “endgame.”

“Desperate, depraved, lying leftist elites panic and try to misdirect. The world is tired of your lies and sees through them. Your cabal and fake propaganda machine have been exposed,” he wrote in response to the Epstein-Russia claims by Tusk and the Western tabloids, stating that the end is coming for the “frequently Satanic liberal elites.”

Dmitriev separately ridiculed the use of Steele to push the narrative, pondering if the West has run out of other “fake liars on their payroll” and are forced to “keep reusing the same discredited ones.”

The bottom line

That those zealously hunting a smoking gun continue to believe in the sanctity of their mission, while moderates back away from the claims, only goes to reinforce the fact that with Russiagate 2.0, history is repeating itself, and farce has followed the tragedy that befell Epstein’s innocent victims.

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