EPSTEIN , BARAK AND THIEL AND THEIR RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS IN 2015 COME INTO FOCUS

 

EHUD BARAK, EPSTEIN, THIEL SOUGHT RUSSIAN CONTACTS IN 2015

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After his first arrest for sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein tried to get into a new line of work: surveillance. In 2015, he partnered with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to invest in a security tech startup called Reporty Homeland Security, now known as Carbyne. Leaked emails show that Epstein was using Barak to seek out opportunities in the surveillance industry and build connections with powerful figures around the globe, including American businessman Peter Thiel, the former director of Israeli signals intelligence, and two people in Russian President Vladimir Putin's circle.

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While Epstein was trying to deal with the American tech sector, he was portraying himself to Russian elites as an apolitical wheeler-dealer. In April 2015, Epstein introduced Barak to former Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Sergey Belyakov, who then invited Barak to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. That wasn't the only business Epstein had in mind.

"I spoke to sergey afterwards. he will help. I suggest you send him a note that states. that you think Putin and his advisors would benefit from spending some time with Jeffrey to discuss markets. currency and the financial system in the new world of zero interest rates. and that I am not political," Epstein wrote in a separate email to Barak.

According to the Russian opposition news outlet Dossier Center, Epstein offered Belyakov advice working around U.S. economic sanctions against Russia. Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Or.) alleged in July 2025 that the U.S. Treasury had files on Epstein's transactions with now-sanctioned Russian banks adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Barak kept Epstein abreast of his contacts with another Russian businessman, Viktor Vekselberg, a Putin ally. While scheduling the Thiel meeting, Barak asked Epstein if there was time that day to have coffee with a man referred to as "VV" and "Viktor."

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In April 2015, Barak asked Epstein what he thought of Fifth Dimension, an intelligence company backed by Vekselberg. The pitch slideshow that Barak sent promised the "transformation of massive scale data from multiple feeds into actionable intelligence utilizing artificial intelligence in an automated real-time manner," and it included mockups of surveillance screens and maps tracking individual people.

Epstein wrote back that Barak should call him on the phone. Although it's not clear what came of the call, they didn't discuss the project further. Fifth Dimension was shut down in 2018 after Vekselberg came under U.S. economic sanctions for alleged election meddling.

Throughout their relationship, Epstein signalled to Barak that he was interested in keeping abreast of security-related technology, emailing Barak articles about cyber warfare, emergency preparedness, Russian nanotechnology, and Unit 8200, the Israeli equivalent of the National Security Agency. "I enjoy strategy, and strategic planning, and at the same time am AMAZED by the rate of which technology has moved into the private sector," Epstein mused in an April 2015 email, adding that "many corporations are looking for a new military like perspective on mgmt."

Reporty, a startup focused on overhauling 911 emergency dispatch technology, could bring Epstein into that world. One of its cofounders and directors was Pinchas Buchris, a former director of Unit 8200. Buchris told Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper that broke news of Epstein's involvement in 2019, that the investment was structured to conceal Epstein's role: "Barak brought the money and as far as I'm concerned it's his. I don't know Epstein and haven't met him."