What has Vladimir Putin got to do with Jeffrey Epstein? The Russian president's name appears more than 1,000 times in the latest files. His inclusion does not imply any wrongdoing, and there's no evidence the two ever met, but boy, it sounds like Epstein wanted to. Image: Jeffrey Epstein The emails appear to reveal repeated attempts by the convicted sex offender to court the Kremlin leader. And there's even an audio file in which Epstein can be heard coaching someone on how to approach Putin.