Pro-Kremlin accounts using Epstein files to push conspiracy
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts are using the latest Jeffrey Epstein document release to bolster their efforts to spread baseless claims that Russia has saved Ukrainian children from sex trafficking, AFP research showed Thursday.
AFP found posts viewed millions of times on Facebook, X and TikTok pushing the narrative, which contradicts real accounts of Russia forcibly deporting Ukrainian children since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.
Pro-Kremlin accounts have also spread the idea that the documents prove Ukraine is a global hub for sex trafficking -- an allegation Russia has long pushed.
Some users claimed the files revealed Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to save Ukrainian children from a network linked to Epstein, a convicted child sex offender.
One recent post on X, viewed more than three million times, said the Epstein files "confirmed ... Putin didn't kidnap children from Ukraine, instead evacuated them to protect them from being sold into child sex trafficking".
Since the invasion, Russia unlawfully moved almost 20,000 Ukrainian children over the border, according to Kyiv. Russia has acknowledged taking some children, saying this was for their safety.
Some posts even suggested the latest tranche of files proves Epstein was trying to meet Putin to counter his efforts to stop child sex trafficking.
Such claims surged on social media after latest file release, with over 15,000 X posts in two days, a London-based think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), said in a report released Thursday.
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Pro-Kremlin social media accounts are using the latest Jeffrey Epstein document release to bolster their efforts to spread baseless claims that Russia has saved Ukrainian children from sex trafficking, AFP research showed Thursday.
AFP found posts viewed millions of times on Facebook, X and TikTok pushing the narrative, which contradicts real accounts of Russia forcibly deporting Ukrainian children since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.
Pro-Kremlin accounts have also spread the idea that the documents prove Ukraine is a global hub for sex trafficking -- an allegation Russia has long pushed.
Some users claimed the files revealed Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to save Ukrainian children from a network linked to Epstein, a convicted child sex offender.
One recent post on X, viewed more than three million times, said the Epstein files "confirmed ... Putin didn't kidnap children from Ukraine, instead evacuated them to protect them from being sold into child sex trafficking".
Since the invasion, Russia unlawfully moved almost 20,000 Ukrainian children over the border, according to Kyiv. Russia has acknowledged taking some children, saying this was for their safety.
Some posts even suggested the latest tranche of files proves Epstein was trying to meet Putin to counter his efforts to stop child sex trafficking.
Such claims surged on social media after latest file release, with over 15,000 X posts in two days, a London-based think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), said in a report released Thursday.
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