Russia has been hit with a ‘paedophile scandal’ dubbed it’s own ‘Epstein affair’ after a billionaire, with links to Putin, allegedly ordered young girls to have sex with him
A “paedophile scandal” dubbed Russia’s “Epstein affair” allegedly involving one of Vladimir Putin’s billionaire buddies in Moscow has been exposed.
Underage “virgin” girls, aged 15 to 17, were reportedly recruited and lured by a network of pimps using the schoolgirls for rich clients, according to an independent Russian media outlet. These young girls were reportedly enticed by promises of money to have sex with rich clients and oligarchs. These vile groups used regional beauty contests, modelling agencies, castings for non-existent shoots, dating sites and even online messenger groups to find their young victims. A Russian billionaire was named as part of a court case into the scandal.
The organisers of one group of child sex pimps, and the well-known Russian billionaire were recorded in the investigative materials, but the identity was later expunged, according to media outlets Verstka and Important Stories. The billionaire and other clients suspected of using these young girls for horror sex crimes were not prosecuted – allegedly in a likely cover-up by Putin’s authorities.
This billionaire was seen rubbing shoulders with Putin earlier this year at a major state occasion at the Kremlin. Another suspected client was connected to a former Putin defence minister, alleged the outlets.
One client reportedly ordered a new schoolgirl almost every day on a trip. An investigator on the case reportedly said they were told not to pursue the clients. They said: “Our bosses, on orders from the prosecutors, told us not to touch it. All [of us] are grown-ups, [we] can take a hint.”
A victim, named Liza, told the outlet she had her first sex session with a billionaire when she was 15. She and other victims were allegedly ordered to hospital to “check for virginity” and sexually transmitted diseases. The report said: “She had no phone – it had been taken away the day before.”
Liza described the mansion she was allegedly taken to and said: “A big bed, expensive furniture, a large, expensive chandelier”. She claimed a driver in a grey Audi had brought her and a housekeeper served her dinner and put her to bed.
The report added: “Then a man entered the bedroom. He did not introduce himself but had sex with [the schoolgirl]. Twenty minutes later, the man left, Liza took a shower, and fell asleep again. The next morning….the visit was repeated.”
The report also said the young girl was then paid after she was taken advantage of, adding: “Before leaving, the man handed the schoolgirl a book, which contained 150,000 rubles [£1,700 / $2,300].”
Liza told investigators she “got scared” before the encounter and said: “I suddenly realised that I was too far from home and not in control of the situation.” She then told authorities the scouts would threaten her “with problems” if she disobeyed. Another girl, Irina, 17, from a provincial city, also testified that she was paid for sexual services with the same oligarch.
One pimp Maksim ‘Mad Max’ Nekozyrev – jailed for six years for organising prostitution with minors – was recorded under interrogation saying: “We call them [virgins] 5.1 or 6.1. These are high value goods. A clean, unexposed girl is sought out, naturally she must be a virgin. Next, this girl gets acquainted with a VIP client. VIP clients are, by the rule, billionaires.”
A woman Anastasia Yakusheva was sentenced to six years in a penal colony, and another female pimp Olga Goncharova was jailed for five years and six months. Another woman, Svetlana Titova, was sought in Austria, but her extradition was refused. She was jailed for seven years in absentia.
Titova denied these claims and said: “I never organised any prostitution, I helped girls from poor families. I introduced them to wealthy men, if they asked. Believe me, they all ask themselves.”