Who is Alnur Mussayev? The former USSR KGB officer at the center of explosive Donald Trump 'Russian spy' allegations
Alnur Mussayev, a former top official in the Soviet and post-Soviet intelligence apparatus, has reemerged in international headlines with a startling claim—that the KGB recruited Donald Trump in 1987 under the codename «Krasnov.» Once a powerful figure within the intelligence community, Mussayev’s career has spanned Cold War espionage, high-level political maneuvering, and eventual exile. His latest allegations have reignited debates over Trump’s connections to Russia, though no direct evidence has surfaced to support them.
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A Career Built in the Shadows
Mussayev’s journey into intelligence began in 1979, when he was conscripted into the Soviet Army. The following year, he graduated from the KGB school in Minsk, marking the beginning of a career in counterintelligence.
Between 1980 and 1986, he was involved in missions in Iraq, where he facilitated Soviet business engagements with Saddam Hussein’s regime and managed the delivery of Soviet tanks. By 1986, he had assumed a leadership role in the 8th Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, where he was awarded two medals and the Order of the Red Star for his service.
His most controversial claim stems from his time in the 6th Directorate of the KGB, which specialized in recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries. In a recent Facebook post, Mussayev alleged that
