Sergei Glazyev is a Russian economist, longtime political figure, and adviser whose work has influenced Kremlin economic strategy, particularly around de-dollarization and alternative financial systems. Closely aligned with political theorists Lyndon LaRouche and Alexander Dugin, Glazyev has promoted frameworks for reshaping global power through monetary realignment and BRICS-centric banking structures. His 2016 book, The Last World War: The U.S. to Move and Lose, outlines a program of economic confrontation with the West, including new reserve mechanisms, alternative payment systems, and large-scale state-backed credit instruments.

In 2014—two years before Glazyev published these ideas—Jeffrey Epstein privately proposed strikingly similar concepts to Russian official Sergei Belyakov. Epstein’s messages recommended creating a “new Bank” modeled on fractional-reserve commercial lending (“lending 9 times its reserves”), launching an alternative BRICS currency or crypto instrument (“an alternative to bitcoin known as BRIC”), and issuing loans on the order of $500 billion. These ideas aligned closely with Glazyev’s later published program for undermining U.S. financial dominance.

The temporal overlap places Epstein adjacent to the Russian policy environment in which Glazyev’s strategies were taking shape. In 2014, Russia had just annexed Crimea, and Glazyev was already a key architect of Kremlin economic doctrine. Epstein’s ability to surface similar proposals to a Deputy Minister suggests at minimum conceptual proximity to the strategic thinking that would later be formalized in Russian state publications.

Glazyev’s influence extends beyond economics into ideological networks associated with Eurasianism and anti-Western geopolitics. His association with LaRouche and Dugin situates him within a constellation of theorists advocating for a multipolar world order driven by Russia-led structural disruption. The alignment between Glazyev’s published vision and Epstein’s earlier private recommendations highlights an unusual point of contact between Western financial actors and Kremlin-aligned economic strategists during a pivotal moment in the evolution of Russia’s conflict with the West.

Sources

America 2.0 News investigative reporting on Epstein–Russia connections; Sergei Glazyev’s The Last World War: The U.S. to Move and Lose (2016); background profiles on Glazyev’s political and economic roles.