This is an excerpt from Matt Palumbo’s new book The Heir: Inside the (Not So) Secret Network of Alex Soros), published with permission exclusively for The National Pulse’s readers. Purchase a copy of this must-read book, here.
All eyes have been on Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, but Alex Soros’ meddling has gone largely unnoticed as his mingling with America’s elite makes headlines.
Alex’s involvement in the country was a long time coming.
His father George Soros had his flag planted there for decades. A nation plagued by corruption, George saw opportunity, and has used Ukraine to further his quest to spread his vision of a so-called “open society,” and attack his political opponents in the U.S.
The Open Society Foundations has invested at least $230 million Ukraine since 1991. Among George’s activities in Ukraine have included funding the Maidan Protests that led to the election of Petro Poroshenko. This was followed by George being put on Ukraine’s National Investment Council. The Council is now headed by Zelensky, and there’s been no reporting to indicate that George ever left it.
Since the war escalated, Alex has become a cheerleader for it, which he’s played an active role in, both trying to shape policy in America in the Biden administration to the benefit of Ukraine, and to cement a role for himself in a post-war Ukraine.
He’s boasted access – quite publicly, to the entirety of the Zelensky administration.
Alex has had at least four meetings with Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s “right-hand man” that he appointed to be Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. In addition to being Zelensky’s Chief-of-Staff, he’s also part of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s higher command and control body.
According to the Kyiv Post, Yermak is the second most influential person in Ukraine, and no one in the country is closer to Zelensky than he is.
Yermak has been is plagued by corruption allegations. Just a month after he became Chief-of-Staff, video surfaced showing his brother discussing appointments to government jobs, suggesting he could use position to get people those cushy jobs. An investigation into Yermak’s brother was later dropped by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, which the OSF were active supporters of the creation of.
The corruption whiff around Yermak? Alex doesn’t care; it’s a feature, not a bug. A greased wheel for a machine that thrives on chaos.
During Trump’s first term, Yermak was contacted by Giuliani, who urged him to open an investigation into Hunter’s role at Burisma, which he refused to cooperate in and personally advised Zelensky to not get involved in, protecting Joe Biden.
Alex and Yermak met in Kyiv on November 7, 2023, December 9, 2023 and May 13, 2024, and August 27, 2024. The two were also pictured together at Davos in January 2025. On social media, Alex touts a close relationship with Yermak. There, they publicly exchange birthday wishes and compliments like old friends.
Meetings with Zelensky himself were in the cards.
On December 9, 2023, Alex was invited by President Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska to speak at the first meeting of the “International Coalition of Countries for the Return of Ukrainian Children.” At the coalition meeting, Soros announced that OSF would partner with the Ukrainian First Lady’s foundation, The Olena Zelenska Foundation, and donated one million dollars to its projects.
Alex wrote in a tweet “Thank you President @ZelenskyyUa for inviting me back to #Ukraine to speak at the first meeting of the “International Coalition of Countries for the Return of Ukrainian Children.” Honored to partner with you on this important initiative to bring back the Ukrainian children — as many as 700,000 —stolen by Russia.”
It’s an amusing juxtaposition to comments Zelenesky made in 2020 when he tried to downplay Soros influence over Ukraine to the point of pretending to not even know who George Soros was; “I am not familiar with a person named Soros. I have never met him. The question of the influence of Mr. Soros on Ukraine – I do not feel it. I think this is all an exaggeration.”
That came after he had already bowed to Soros’s power early on.
Weeks after Zelensky was elected in 2019, the Ukraine Crisis Media Center (USMC) issued a statement of “red lines” Zelensky was not to cross – as if he wasn’t the real President.
The UCMC’s funding came from the Soros family’s International Renaissance Foundation, the Embassy of the United States, Kyiv, USAID, NATO, and other quasi-CIA groups with the vague professed purpose of “promoting democracy.”
The core demand was to “protect the values that Ukrainians fought for during the Revolution of Dignity” – a reference to the 2014 George Soros-backed “Maidan Uprising.” In 2014 George wrote an article calling for the “spirit of the Maidan” to be preserved.
The USMC was upset that Zelensky had appointed members of Viktor Yanukovych’s government (who lost to the Soros-backed Poroshenko). UCMC warned that any crossing of these “red lines” would lead to “political instability” and a “deterioration of international warnings,” reading more like a threat than a caution.
Among the red lines included Zelensky holding a referendum on the negotiations to be used with Russia on the principles for a peaceful settlement, negotiating with Russia without any members of their “Western partners,” initiating any actions that may contribute to the reduction or lifting of sanctions against Russia, and implementing policies against the International Monetary Fund.
Other red lines included any policies that would accommodate the nearly fifth of the country that’s Russian, such as preventing him from restoring Russian TV channels, disallowing him from reviewing Poroshenko’s language law that prohibits anyone from state positions if their knowledge of Ukrainian is insufficient, or supporting the Russian Orthodox Church (which Zelensky later banned, earning him a condemnation from Pope Francis).
But it had weight – and it was a reminder of who was really in charge.
Zelensky may have been democratically elected, but he didn’t do it alone if this group can have so much power in what he is and isn’t allowed to do. Considering Zelensky’s desire for seemingly endless war, which reached its peak during the epic White House showdown between him and Trump, his behavior does make more sense in this context. Zelensky has, to a t, followed the rules the USMC laid out for him.
And now that same level of influence is being wielded in Alex.
