A rumour has been circulating online that President Donald Trump was a Russian asset for the KGB nicknamed ‘Krasnov’. The falsehood was shared by a former Soviet and Kazakh official ...

A former UK spy chief has weighed in on the bizarre claims made by an ex-KGB spy that Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian asset over 40 years ago, operating under the codename "Krasnov".

Though never conclusively proven to be a KGB agent, he was widely perceived as being aligned with Soviet interests. During the Cold War, Soviet dominance in chess was a symbol of intellectual ...