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Federal Security Service

Principal security agency of Russia (FSB)

Fact-Checks

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Jan 12, 2026
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Is Donald Trump a Russian asset kraznov

There is no publicly verifiable evidence that Donald Trump was an actively recruited KGB/FSB agent codenamed “Krasnov”; allegations rest on testimony from former Soviet-era intelligence officers and i...

Dec 6, 2025
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is Trump agent Krasnov?

The claim that Donald Trump was recruited by Soviet/Russian intelligence in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov” originated with a February 2025 social‑media post by former Soviet/Kazakh security off...

Nov 15, 2025
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Where are the Soviet-held remains purported to be Hitler's skull and jaw now?

The items long described as Adolf Hitler’s dental remains (a lower jaw with teeth) and a skull fragment with a bullet hole are held in Russian archives: the jaw in the FSB (successor to the KGB) archi...

Nov 15, 2025

What sanctions or diplomatic actions did the Obama administration take against Russia in 2016?

The Obama administration’s December 29, 2016 actions combined new cyber-focused sanctions, designation of specific Russian intelligence services and officers, asset-and-travel authorities via an amend...

Dec 19, 2025

Is Russia recruiting soldiers from other countries?

Russia is actively recruiting non-Russians—both by law and by practice—through new decrees, targeted online campaigns, and expanded enlistment pathways that reach foreigners, prisoners and migrant com...

Nov 23, 2025

Were there any eyewitness accounts of Hitler's body being burned in the garden of the Reich Chancellery?

Multiple contemporaneous eyewitnesses from Hitler’s inner circle and bunker staff described that Adolf Hitler’s and Eva Braun’s bodies were carried up from the bunker into the Reich Chancellery garden...

Jan 16, 2026

What evidence do Craig Unger and Yuri Shvets present to support claims Trump was cultivated by Soviet/Russian intelligence?

Craig Unger’s American Kompromat presents a narrative built largely on interviews with former KGB officer Yuri Shvets and other defectors, alleging that Soviet/Russian intelligence identified, courted...

Nov 21, 2025

Have Russian forces or law enforcement used silent revolvers in documented operations?

Documented Russian designs of “silent” revolvers exist from World War II through the late Soviet and Russian eras—examples include the Gurevich experimental revolver , the Nagant M1895’s gas-seal syst...

Jan 15, 2026

Is it true that Ukraine mistreated Russians/Ukrainians in Crimea?

The preponderance of independent reporting and international investigations attributes systematic human rights abuses in Crimea since 2014 to Russian occupying authorities and allied pro‑Russian actor...

Jan 11, 2026

Arrested in Moscow in December 2018. He claimed he was there ‘to attend the wedding of a fellow former Marine in Moscow’, Russian authorities later accused him of espionage.

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine and corporate security director, was arrested in Moscow on 28 December 2018; his family and he said he was in the city to attend the wedding of a fellow former Marine...

Nov 18, 2025

What methods could Russian services use to obtain compromising material on U.S. presidents today?

Russian services seeking compromising material on a U.S. president would draw on a range of well-documented espionage tools: human-targeting methods such as honeytraps, theft of devices or property, a...

Nov 15, 2025

Are there surviving photographs, X-rays, or forensic reports of the Soviet-held skull and jaw, and where can researchers access them?

There is documented reporting that Soviet (and later Russian) authorities preserved fragments and dental remains alleged to be from Adolf Hitler — including a skull fragment and jaw/dental matter — an...