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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...
Direct, verifiable evidence that Donald Trump was a formally recruited, paid KGB/Russian intelligence agent does not exist in the public record; claims that he was "an asset" rest on decades of circum...
There is no conclusive, publicly verified evidence that Vladimir Putin “controls” Donald Trump; multiple reputable analyses and investigative reports find extensive contacts, potential vulnerabilities...
Claims that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov” stem largely from public posts by ex‑Soviet/Kazakh official Alnur Mussayev and subsequent amplification onlin...
Rob Reiner announced in 2021 that he was developing a 10–13 episode TV project titled The Spy and the Asset about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin; that announcement appears in contemporaneous reportin...
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...
The question whether — and specifically or — holds on remains unresolved in public evidence: reporting has produced documents, leaks, and long-form allegations suggesting the Kremlin believes it posse...