MGIMO University

The Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) trains Russian diplomats and intelligence operatives under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Svetlana Pozhidaeva, who graduated from MGIMO and later became an assistant in Epstein's operation, represents the most direct documented pipeline from a Russian intelligence training institution into Epstein's network. Sergei Belyakov, the FSB Academy graduate who served as Epstein's primary Russian contact, drafted Pozhidaeva's U.S. visa recommendation letter.