By Meduza
Publication Date: 2026-02-20 22:13:00
Jeffrey Epstein’s interest in Vladimir Putin is well documented in the files released by the U.S. Justice Department in late January. Now, Meduza has uncovered another curious connection between the convicted sex offender and the Russian president: in previously undisclosed emails with Epstein, former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold said that he hosted Putin’s wife and daughter aboard his boat in 2010. The billionaire technologist, who has denied having a personal relationship with Epstein, is the owner of a $15-million superyacht. But the exchange about the Putin family raises more questions than answers.
On October 27, 2010, Jeffrey Epstein fired off a brief email to former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold. It said, “did you have putin on your boat?”
Myyhrvold’s reply came later that same day. “His wife and daughter,” he wrote, signing the email “Nathan.”
Meduza unearthed this email exchange in the latest trove of documents from the…
