Alnur Mussayev, a former Soviet KGB officer, claimed that Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." Mussayev, who later led Kazakhstan's security agency, fled to Austria in 2007 and faced legal troubles over alleged crimes.

Alnur Mussayev, a former Soviet and Kazakh security official, began his career in 1979. He conducted counterintelligence missions in Iraq (1980–1986) and later held a leadership role in Moscow. Mussayev claims that the KGB recruited Donald Trump,

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, it has reignited debates over Trump's connections to Russia.

A former officer of Russia's spy agency Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) has claimed that US president Donald Trump was groomed 37 years ago as a "potential Soviet asset'. Ukrainian daily Kyiv post cited a Facebook post by Alnur Mussayev who claimed that he was serving in the 6th Directorate of the then USSR KGB in Moscow.

Beast published – then swiftly deleted – a story this weekend with allegations that Donald Trump has been recruited by the KGB as an asset since 1987 and was given the codename "Krasnov," citing a social media post by a former Soviet intelligence officer.

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." He alleges Trump's KGB file was later removed and is now privately controlled by a Putin associate.

Former Chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee Alnur Mussayev claims the Soviet KGB recruited Donald Trump before the collapse of the USSR, assigning him the alias Krasnov

Donald Trump Recruited By KGB Under Codename Krasnov refers to an allegation by Alnur Musayev, the former head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee,