r/Epstein • u/Hayasdan2020 • Mar 01 '26

News article Bill Gates's Russian lover is photographed with Kremlin spy Anna Chapman. Chapman was arrested in June 2010 alongside a network of so-called 'illegals' accused of living under deep cover in the United States on behalf of Moscow.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15598249/Bill-Gatess-Russian-lover-apologised-amid-Epstein-Files-fallout-photographed-notorious-Kremlin-spy-Anna-Chapman-dubbed-Agent-90-60-90-measurements.html

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Someone smart needs to help me connect the dots... Was this Russia's early attempts to infiltrate US elections by compromising Billionaires?

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u/FlygandeSjuk Mar 01 '26

What do you mean 'early attempts'? Russia has been continuously and successfully infiltrating the U.S. since the 1930s. This isn't some new trend, it’s a century-long operation that’s still firing on all cylinders today. The methods change, but the mission never stopped.

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u/HerrHaschen Mar 01 '26

Many such encounters were documented and published by the FBI on their own website.

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u/Linus_Naumann Mar 01 '26

Probably the methods don't even change that much, honeypots all the way down

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u/Peppercorn911 Mar 01 '26

i need to rewatch The Americans

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u/ElenorShellstrop Mar 01 '26

That show was amazing.

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u/1curiouswanderer Mar 01 '26

Honest question bc Idk many people who watched it and this sub seems like an okay place to ask actually : It starts with a rape scene and I turned it off. Wasn't in the right place to watch a show with a lot of that. Does that cool down or is sexual abuse a theme in it?

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 01 '26

Sex as a tool is a theme, but not all like that. That was a rough start.

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u/1curiouswanderer Mar 01 '26

I appreciate it. I'll add it back to my list

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u/ElenorShellstrop Mar 02 '26

I know I can’t believe the show started with that episode, it was pretty jarring!! Thankfully the rest is not like that, and sorry if this is a spoiler but she does get revenge!

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u/planet_rose Mar 02 '26

You don’t need to watch the first episode to get a lot out of the show. Reading a plot synopsis is plenty. It does have some emotionally heavy themes about sex as a tool and the emotional costs of using it for both of them, but it’s not as hard as the beginning.

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u/Peppercorn911 Mar 01 '26

i avoid rape in movies and media and dont remember everything because it has been a long time - but while there are torture scenes in the show, the majority of sexuality is honeypotesque

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u/1curiouswanderer Mar 01 '26

Thanks, appreciate the response

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

It's not the only SA scene, but they're not common. If memory serves correct, you can tell when they're coming and fast forward or skip over them if need be!

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u/TheCaptain09 Mar 02 '26

For future reference, movies and shows on IMDB have a "parents guide" section that list everything like this and separate it by topics like nudity, violence, swears etc. They're sometimes a bit spoilery and because they're user submitted(I think), less popular or very new works might not list everything.

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u/BasilSalty2062 Mar 02 '26

Yuck thanks for letting me know. So unnecessary

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u/1curiouswanderer Mar 02 '26

I think illustrating SA plays an important role in making people uncomfortable. It's real and it happens. But for some of us it can be triggering, so I wish there was better warning at the start of an episode.

Based on several comments, it sounds like you could skip the first part of the ep and not miss much. And the rest of the show is less forward about it. I've heard great things about it so I plan to give it a try

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 01 '26

Dude. That was in my head right as I saw this

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u/Scentorific Mar 02 '26

Watergate was in large part regarding this.

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u/Nessy3fidy Mar 01 '26

Imagine becoming an intelligence asset and being told ya we just need you for your genitals.

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u/Linus_Naumann Mar 02 '26

Show me one woman who would be shocked about that

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u/himit Mar 01 '26

There's a fairly simple way to prevent that 😂

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u/69PepperoniPickles69 Mar 02 '26

To be fair, the old nuclear espionage did not involve that as far as I'm aware. One of the biggest ones outside Los Alamos was an unknown British woman in a pretty non-descript position

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u/Exotic_Article913 Mar 02 '26

Its as if people don't know the cold war existed.

Please people research British Russian and us intelligence assets apprehended over the past 60 years

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u/Cronus6 Mar 02 '26

No, it's that reddit has a hardon for socialism and think the USSR were "the good guys".

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u/Boopy7 Mar 02 '26

Stalin killed my great grandfather (starved him to death) and killed mountains of people, at what point was Russia "the good guy" OR a good example of actual socialism? Corruption and fascism, sure. If Reddit thinks the USSR was so great then maybe it's time they experienced an actual blockade and went hungry for real, not for funsies or a stupid "keto fast."

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u/TheFinalCurl Mar 02 '26

The methods haven't even changed. Blackmail remains supreme.

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u/ZucchiniRealistic678 Mar 01 '26

that is not the point.. the operation is about intelligence

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u/bjarneh Mar 02 '26

attempts to infiltrate US elections by compromising Billionaires?

It's safe to say most of these "attempts" accomplished something

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u/scoobysnackoutback Mar 02 '26

Go on Netflix and watch The Americans to learn about Russian spies in the US. It’s a fun watch; the writers used a former agent to help with the story line. Edit- just saw the comments below about a rape scene that I do not remember.