A former high-ranking KGB officer has made a bold claim: Donald Trump was allegedly recruited as a Soviet asset in 1987. This revelation, coming from Alnur Mussayev, the former head of Kazakhstan’s security services, has reignited speculation about Trump’s relationship with Russia.
In a recent Facebook post, Mussayev stated that during his time in the USSR’s 6th Directorate of the KGB, one of their key missions was to recruit businessmen from capitalist countries.
According to him, Trump, then a 40-year-old real estate mogul, was given the codename “Krasnov” and was allegedly groomed as a Soviet asset.
Mussayev further claimed that Russia has long had “kompromat”—compromising material—on Trump.
He asserted that Moscow has been influencing Trump’s political career for decades, a claim that aligns with previous allegations made in the controversial Steele dossier.
Since his presidency, Trump has faced accusations of being overly sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some key events that fueled these concerns include:
- 2016 U.S. Election Interference: U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia attempted to influence the election in Trump’s favor.
- Helsinki Summit (2018): Trump publicly sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence findings regarding Russian election interference.
- Ukraine Scandal (2019): Trump was impeached (but later acquitted) for pressuring Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden.
Mussayev is not the only former Soviet intelligence officer making these allegations. In 2021, ex-KGB spy Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that Trump had been “cultivated” as an asset over 40 years ago.
Shvets compared Trump to the infamous “Cambridge Five,” a British spy ring that leaked secrets to the Soviet Union during World War II.
While the credibility of these claims remains disputed, they add another layer to Trump’s complex relationship with Russia.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found no direct evidence of criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia, but the political ramifications of these allegations continue to impact American politics.
As Trump prepares for another potential presidential run, questions about his past and foreign influences will likely remain a topic of heated debate.
Whether these allegations hold weight or not, they highlight the ongoing concerns about foreign interference in U.S. democracy.