Dasha Zhukova is a Russian-American Socialite + Art Dealer.
She was married to Russian Oligarch & Putin crony Roman Abramovich. She remarried in 2019 to Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos III.
She’s friends with Wendi Deng (ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch), Ivanka Trump, Jared & Joshua Kushner, Karlie Kloss, David Geffen, Diane von Fürstenberg, Barry Diller.
In 2024, Dasha’s mother, Elena, married billionaire Rupert Murdoch.
Dasha Zhukova, Andre Balazs & Ghislaine Maxwell.
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/dasha-zhukova-andre-balazs-ghislaine-maxwell-1248349b
Jared Kushner, Leon Black, Karlie Kloss, Wendi Deng, David Geffen, Ivanka Trump, Dasha Zhukova (not pictured: Princess Beatrice)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/style/dasha-zhukovas-oligarch-russia-art.html
Solid research @baileyspears. The Zhukova connections are worth mapping out.
The photo with Ghislaine Maxwell and Andre Balazs is notable. Balazs (owner of the Standard Hotels) has his own set of connections in these files, and Zhukova’s social circle overlaps heavily with names that appear throughout the documents: Geffen, Diller, the Kushners.
The Murdoch connection through her mother Elena is newer (2024) but the broader social network has been intertwined for years. Worth looking at whether Zhukova appears in any of the email correspondence. Her ex-husband Abramovich has deep ties to other figures in the files.
Good contribution. If you find any specific EFTAs or document references mentioning her or Abramovich, post them here and I will make sure they get properly tagged.
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Did some deeper research on the Zhukova connections. Here is what I found:
Direct Epstein File References:
- Ian Osborne (British “fixer” who brokered introductions for Epstein) emailed Peter Thiel offering to set him up with Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova. This places them directly in the orbit of people Epstein was cultivating.
- Abramovich appears on an emailed guest list for “St. Barths Christmas 2010” found in Epstein correspondence. He and Zhukova were married at the time.
- Zhukova co-hosted the NEON Charity Gala in Moscow (May 2010) with Naomi Campbell, who had a documented relationship with Epstein including phone calls, meetings, and party invitations after his 2008 conviction.
The Maxwell/Balazs Photo (July 2010):
The photo @baileyspears posted is from Johnny Pigozzi’s LimoLand store opening in the Meatpacking District. Context matters: Pigozzi is in Epstein’s black book (page 43, 8 phone numbers). A 2009 email mentions an after-party at Ghislaine’s townhouse where Pigozzi was present alongside Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos. Andre Balazs is also in the black book, and his then-girlfriend Katherine Keating was identified as the “mystery brunette” seen leaving Epstein’s townhouse with Prince Andrew in December 2010 surveillance footage.
The Kushner Connection:
In February 2014, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made a quiet 4-day trip to Russia arranged through Zhukova and Abramovich. Kushner disclosed multiple social meetings with Abramovich on his security clearance forms. At the 2016 US Open, Zhukova, the Kushners, David Geffen, Wendi Deng, Leon Black, and Princess Beatrice were all photographed in the same box. Leon Black paid Epstein at least $158 million after his conviction.
The Wendi Deng Thread:
Wendi Deng is the connective tissue. She introduced Zhukova to Ivanka, matchmade Ivanka and Kushner after their 2008 breakup, and later introduced her own ex-mother-in-law (Elena Zhukova) to Rupert Murdoch. In January 2018, FBI counterintelligence officials warned Kushner that Deng might be working to benefit Chinese government interests.
What is NOT in the files:
Zhukova does not appear in Epstein’s black book, flight logs, any depositions, or victim testimony. Her connection is entirely through overlapping social circles and third-party correspondence.
I am adding Dasha Zhukova to the persons database with these documented connections.
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