Kremlin and Kazakhstan Reportedly Hold Compromising Material on Trump
Moscow – Both the Kremlin and Kazakhstan’s security services possess compromising video material of former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to claims made by a former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence agency. The allegations, which resurfaced on February 6, 2026, center around footage reportedly captured during Trump’s 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe competition.
Alnur Mussajev, who previously served as a KGB officer in Moscow, stated that the material, believed to be of a sexual nature, was recorded at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow. He further alleges that Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB) also holds the footage, in addition to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). This development raises questions about potential foreign influence and intelligence operations targeting a former U.S. Leader.
According to Mussajev, the files were reportedly used by Karim Massimov, the former chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, during a meeting with then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the United States in October 2017. “These files were used by the former chairman of the National Security Committee, Karim Massimov, during a meeting with [US-]Foreign Minister [Rex] Tillerson in the United States,” Mussajev said in an interview with Ukrainian broadcaster Espreso-TV.
Mussajev explained that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel was owned by Bulat Temurat, a Kazakh oligarch with close ties to former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, while the Crocus City venue used for the Miss Universe competition belonged to Aras Agalarov, a Russian oligarch of Azerbaijani origin. “Anything that was filmed at the Ritz Hotel belonged to the Kazakhs,” he stated.
The former intelligence chief claims that in 2017, Kazakhstan attempted to leverage the video as a means of improving relations with the U.S. Administration. “The effect was completely opposite,” Mussajev admitted. He suggests the situation contributed to unrest in Kazakhstan in 2022, which saw Russian troops temporarily deployed to maintain stability, and the subsequent arrest of Massimov.
Mussajev believes Russian President Vladimir Putin actively influenced the situation in Kazakhstan, viewing the compromising material as “his property.” He also previously claimed, in February 2025, that Trump was being groomed as a KGB spy as early as 1987. The allegations underscore the complex geopolitical dynamics between Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United States.
