The Western-backed toppling of the government set the stage for the ongoing conflict with Russia
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[RT] Convicted
US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein discussed potential business
opportunities in Ukraine following the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev,
newly released documents show. He discussed the matter with Ariane de
Rothschild, head of the Swiss private banking firm Edmond de Rothschild
Group.
Last week, the US Department of Justice released
its additional batch of Epstein-related files. Among them is a March
2014 email exchange in which de Rothschild said she wanted to discuss
Ukraine in an upcoming meeting. Epstein’s reply stated: “ukraine upheaval should provide many opportunites , many [sic].”
Earlier
document releases highlighted business ties between the two. In 2015,
after de Rothschild became CEO of the group, she negotiated a $25
million contract with Epstein for “risk analysis and the application and use of certain algorithms” for the bank. In 2013, he asked for her help in hiring a female personal assistant, whom he said should be “multilingual, organized.”
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Epstein
also put de Rothschild, who married into the Swiss banking family in
1999, in touch with Kathryn Ruemmler, a Goldman Sachs partner and former
White House counsel under President Barack Obama. Ruemmler’s firm was
subsequently hired to advise the group on US regulatory matters.
The 2014 Maidan mass protests resulted in a coup that ousted
President Viktor Yanukovich. Members of the Obama administration helped
fuel the unrest and to select
officials for the new Ukrainian government. The toppling of Yanukovich
violated a German- and French-mediated de-escalation deal and set
Ukraine on a path toward conflict with Russia.
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a child for prostitution and received a “sweetheart deal,”
which many attribute to his elite connections and possible intelligence
ties. However, he was arrested again in 2019 and charged with sex
trafficking, and died in a prison cell while awaiting trial in what
authorities called a suicide.