The Death in Moscow That Haunts Trump Now

A suspicious death...a vanished witness...and the shadows now in America

*Igor Sechin, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

The Death in Moscow That Haunts Trump Now

A suspicious death…a vanished witness…and the shadows now in America

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #525: Friday, September 5th, 2025.

The Body in Moscow

On a cold January morning in 2016…a body was found in the back seat of a black Lexus near Moscow’s center.

His name: Oleg Erovinkin.

A general in Russia’s intelligence services. A longtime aide to Igor Sechin…the powerful head of Rosneft…Russia’s oil behemoth and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.

Russian state media muttered about a heart attack. But that’s not how the story was whispered behind closed doors. “Suspicious.” “Silenced.” “He knew too much.” Words that ripple like gunshots when spoken in the Kremlin’s orbit.

Why should you care? Because this isn’t just about one dead man in Moscow.

It’s about the patterns of secrecy…silencing…and corruption that connect oligarch Russia to Trump’s America.

Erovinkin’s death is a Rosetta Stone…a key to understanding how authoritarian power covers its tracks…and why the same blueprint is being laid across our country right now.

And if you don’t see it…you’ll miss the next trap they’re setting.

Who Was Erovinkin?

To grasp the magnitude, you need to know who Oleg Erovinkin was. He wasn’t a mid-level spook. He was Sechin’s fixer.

His “man of trust.” Sechin…nicknamed Darth Vader…runs Rosneft like a mafia empire… and Erovinkin was his consigliere.

Think of it this way: Sechin controls Russia’s oil. Oil is cash. Cash is power. And Erovinkin was the man in the room when deals were inked…secrets whispered…and assets moved.

Some believed he was a source for the Steele dossier…that infamous file alleging ties between Trump and Russian interests. Christopher Steele later denied it…but the rumor never died. And in Russia…rumors kill.

So when Erovinkin turned up dead…the question wasn’t “how.” The question was “who wanted him gone.”

The Official Story vs. the Real Suspicion

The Kremlin’s mouthpieces said “heart attack.” End of story.

But if you’ve followed Russian politics…you know that “heart attack” is Moscow’s code for ‘don’t ask questions.’

Local reports said the FSB rushed in. That his death was being investigated as suspicious. That no cause was released.

Meanwhile…Western outlets noticed the timing: weeks after the Steele dossier surfaced. A dossier that mentioned Rosneft…Sechin…and a rumored offer of 19% of Rosneft shares to Trump associates if sanctions were lifted.

Coincidence? Or cleanup?

Russia’s Pattern of Silencing

Look at the ledger of Russian “heart attacks.”

Journalists like Anna Politkovskaya. Opposition figures like Boris Nemtsov. Former spies like Alexander Litvinenko. Poisonings. Defenestrations. Sudden collapses. Always the same script.

Erovinkin fit the pattern. A man with access to kompromat…suddenly gone. The Kremlin tightened lips. The world moved on.

But what if his death wasn’t just about Russia’s secrets? What if it were also about protecting the American man who’d just won the presidency?

Trump’s Web in 2016

Donald Trump swore up and down: “No deals in Russia. No ties.”

But in reality? He was sniffing around Moscow for years. Trump Tower Moscow was on the table deep into the 2016 campaign.

His circle was swimming with contacts tied to oligarchs and banks dependent on Kremlin goodwill.

And in the Steele dossier…there was a thread…Rosneft. The idea that a cut of Russia’s oil empire could be dangled as bait in exchange for sanctions relief.

A far-fetched story? Maybe. But then Rosneft sold a 19.5% stake in December 2016…weeks before Trump’s inauguration. The deal was opaque…routed through shell companies…layered in secrecy.

And who would’ve known the inside details of such a deal? Oleg Erovinkin.

Fast-Forward to Today: The Patterns Persist

Now jump to 2025. Trump is back in power. His circle is once again knee-deep in secrecy…payback…and corruption.

• We watched Ivana Trump buried at Bedminster…sparking questions about tax breaks. A burial that looks more like a ledger entry than a family tribute.

• We watched insider after insider walk into courtrooms…then walk out silenced by non-disclosure agreements and loyalty pacts.

• We watched as Trump himself rebrands the Department of Defense into the Department of War…language that sounds like it was faxed straight from Moscow.

The blueprint is the same: bury the inconvenient…reward the loyal…weaponize the system…and hide the money trail.

Erovinkin’s death is not an isolated story. It’s a mirror.

Secrets Don’t Die…They Get Buried

Here’s what you need to understand:

Authoritarian regimes don’t just silence people. They bury evidence. They bury trails. They bury truths.

Erovinkin’s body in Moscow. Ivana’s grave at Bedminster. Different worlds…same instinct. When the stakes get too high…the truth gets lowered into the ground.

But here’s the catch: secrets rot. They don’t vanish. They leak. They poison the soil until someone digs them back up.

Why This Matters for You

Maybe you’re thinking: “This is Russia. That was 2016. What’s it got to do with me in 2025?”

Everything. Because the same corruption pipelines that tied Trumpworld to Rosneft are still running today. The same oligarch logic…loyalty bought…silence enforced… opponents buried…is now being coded into American governance.

When Trump punishes enemies and protects loyalists…it’s the Sechin playbook.

When billions flow in and out of shell structures…it’s the Rosneft template. When suspicious deaths become convenient cover stories…it’s the Kremlin signature.

And every time Americans shrug and look away…the blueprint sets deeper.

The Investigative Cliffhanger

Here’s what no one in mainstream media will ask:

• If Erovinkin knew secrets that could’ve damaged Trump…who benefited most from his silence?

• If Rosneft’s shadow loomed over Trump’s first campaign…what foreign hands are in the till today?

• And if a Kremlin aide could be erased in 2016…who in Trump’s circle is most at risk of being erased now?

The body in Moscow is long gone. But the shadow it casts stretches all the way to Mar-a-Lago.

A Warning Ignored

Oleg Erovinkin’s death was a warning shot. To Russian insiders: stay quiet. To Western observers: look away.

But here we are in 2025…with Trump back in the Oval Office…running the same playbook of secrecy…intimidation…and corruption. The question is no longer whether the blueprint exists…it’s whether Americans will recognize it before the ground opens up again.

Because once you see the pattern…you can’t unsee it. And once you recognize it…you realize: the danger isn’t coming. It’s here.

I’ll be back…soon.

In the structure of Yoda, “Strong, you are.”

-Jack

P.S. The mainstream won’t touch this. They can’t afford to. The networks…the money… the kompromat…it’s all too radioactive. That’s why what you just read matters.

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