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Yuri Milner — DST Global / Kremlin Pipeline / LST Fund via Epstein

Yuri Milner — DST Global / Pipeline Kremlin / Fonds LST via Epstein

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Summary

Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global (major investor in Facebook/Twitter/Alibaba), had a direct and documented personal relationship with Epstein: visits to Paris and NY, intimate knowledge of DST’s financial structure. The LST fund project ($250-400M, GP = Milner + Boris Nikolic) was co-designed with Epstein. Via the Paradise Papers (2017), the Kremlin → VTB Bank/Gazprom → DST Global → Milner → Epstein → Gates/Kushner chain is documented. Epstein himself was aware of this: 'the paradise papers show the kremlin funneling money to kushner by using uri milner. whoops'.

Detailed description

12 documents EFTA from the DOJ corpus establish the Milner-Epstein relationship between 2011-2018.

Phase 1 — Mutual Discovery (2011) Epstein meets Milner and immediately understands his strategic value. To Jes Staley: 'yuri milner — he didn't stop talking no kidding. I understand his entire structure' (EFTA00917404). Epstein describes him as 'largest shareholder of facebook' and introduces Milner into his network via David Stern, who connects Milner to Li Bo Tan (son-in-law of the Speaker of the Chinese Congress) and mentions Deripaska.

Phase 2 — Co-investments and Fund Project (2013-2014) Milner co-invests with Gates in Foundation Medicine (Forbes January 2013). Nikolic confirms that Milner visited Epstein’s Paris apartment and NY residence 'two or three times' (EFTA00873978). The draft of the LST fund ($250-400M) is sent by Nikolic to Epstein BEFORE it is finalized with Milner (EFTA00973929). GP = Milner + Nikolic, co-located at DST Global SF. Larry Summers confirms having spent time with Milner and is interested in a 'fund of funds' (EFTA00988401). At the Edge Dinner in February 2014, Milner is on the guest list with Bezos, Gates, Brin, Musk, Page and Epstein.

Phase 3 — Paradise Papers and Awareness of Kremlin Link (2017) In November 2017, Epstein writes to Michael Wolff (EFTA00963274): 'the paradise papers show the kremlin funneling money to kushner by using uri milner. whoops'. This sentence is extraordinary: Epstein was AWARE that Kremlin money was transiting through Milner/DST to US political figures. The same conversation mentions Signal ('IT IS NOT SECURE') and Steve Bannon.

Phase 4 — Institutional Pitch (2018) Goldman Sachs pitches DST Opportunities II directly to Epstein via Richard Kahn (EFTA01036380). Barak proposes Milner or Peter Thiel as hosts of an AI seminar with Yann LeCun and Demis Hassabis (EFTA01036487).

Key claims

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Milner avait une relation personnelle directe avec Epstein (visites Paris/NY multiples)

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2

Epstein comprenait la structure financière de DST Global en détail

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3

Le fonds LST ($250-400M) était co-conçu avec Epstein avant finalisation avec Milner

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4

Epstein était conscient de la chaîne Kremlin → Milner → Kushner

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5

DST Global recevait des financements d'entités d'État russes (VTB Bank, Gazprom Investholding)

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6

Milner servait de conduit pour l'influence russe dans la tech US via Epstein

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7

Epstein monétisait cette connexion (rémunération par Milner/DST)

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Factchecks (2)

FC-0289 PARTIALLY_CONFIRMED 68% Le Factchecker

La relation personnelle Milner-Epstein est CONFIRMED. Le rôle d'Epstein comme connecteur vers les élites US/chinoises/israéliennes est PLAUSIBLE. Le pipeline Kremlin→VTB/Gazprom→DST→Milner→Kushner dont Epstein aurait eu connaissance est PROBABLE mais non démontré comme un circuit que Epstein facilit

Summary

La relation personnelle Milner-Epstein est CONFIRMED. Le rôle d'Epstein comme connecteur vers les élites US/chinoises/israéliennes est PLAUSIBLE. Le pipeline Kremlin→VTB/Gazprom→DST→Milner→Kushner dont Epstein aurait eu connaissance est PROBABLE mais non démontré comme un circuit que Epstein facilitait activement — il pouvait simplement en être informé via ses réseaux.

FC-0477 WEAKENED 0

Relation personnelle Milner-Epstein documentee mais le cadrage 'Pipeline Kremlin' est speculatif. Score ramene a 0.70, entre fichier (0.65) et index (0.78).

Summary

Relation personnelle Milner-Epstein documentee mais le cadrage 'Pipeline Kremlin' est speculatif. Score ramene a 0.70, entre fichier (0.65) et index (0.78).

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Document corpus

Total documents 7,479
Co-occurrences 68
Document types
EFTA: 6,385 OTHER: 906 DEPOSITION: 182 FBI: 6

Sources (4)

Paradise Papers / ICIJ, 'Russian-linked investments in Facebook and Twitter' (2017) [PRIMARY]
New York Times, 'Russian Money Suspected Behind Yuri Milner Investments' (2017) [PRIMARY]
EFTA documents, Milner-Epstein correspondence [PRIMARY]
Senate Intelligence Committee, social media interference hearings (2018) [PRIMARY]