He began his career in the Soviet Union's security apparatus in 1979, when he was conscripted into the Soviet Army and subsequently graduated from the KGB school in Minsk in 1980. From 1980 to ...

The claim gained traction when the news website The Daily Beast published a now-deleted story (archived) titled "Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump," using only Mussayev's ...

Alnur Mussayev, a former top Soviet and Kazakh intelligence official, has claimed that the KGB recruited Donald Trump in 1987 under the codename 'Krasnov.' While no evidence supports this assertion, ...

A former UK spy chief has weighed in on the bizarre claims made by an ex-KGB spy that Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian asset over 40 years ago, operating under the codename "Krasnov".

Me: “Go on…” Him: “I met a woman as I left the Carlton Club who offered me a drink, but I now think she is a KGB agent. She wants £500 and has left me in a room with 12 naked women and a CCTV.” Me: ...

Me: “Go on…” Him: “I met a woman as I left the Carlton Club who offered me a drink, but I now think she is a KGB agent. She wants £500 and has left me in a room with 12 naked women and a ...