In a dramatic claim, ex-KGB official Alnur Mussayev alleges that Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987 with the codename "Krasnov." Muss

Alnur Mussayev, 72, who headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleges Donald Trump was recruited when he was a 40-year-old New York real estate developer

It has been claimed that when Donald Trump travelled to Moscow for the first time back in 1987, as a 40-year-old real estate developer, he was recruited as a KGB agent

A former Soviet intelligence officer has sensationally claimed that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename "Krasnov"

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

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,

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987, codenamed 'Krasnov'. Trump allegedly became an asset during a visit to the Soviet Union, with the KGB targeting influential Western figures.

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.

President Donald Trump was recruited by the Soviet Union's KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti) back in 1987 and was also given a codename, a former intelligence officer alleged in a social media post.