Alnur Mussayev

Alnur Aljapparuly Mussayev (, Älnūr Äljapparūly Mūsaev; born 4 January 1954) is a Kazakh politician who served as Chairman of the National Security Committee (KNB) under President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Biography In 1979, he was called up for active military service in the KGB of the Soviet Union, and entered the KGB Higher School (now FSB Academy). After graduating, he was assigned to the counterintelligence agencies of the KGB of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. and Musayev again became chairman of the committee.

An attempted kidnapping of Mussayev took place in Vienna in September 2008. The Austrian government declined to comment on the perpetrators' origins at the time. In a January 2010 trial, defendant Ildar A., one of three men charged with the kidnap attempt on Mussayev, was found not guilty by an Austrian court. Mussayev described the verdict as "politically motivated" and an "attempt to please Kazakhstan". During the trial, Mussayev claimed not to know Ildar A., but he admitted in press comments soon after that this was not entirely accurate, as he knew the defendant professionally but not personally; he explained the discrepancy by claiming that his oath to Kazakhstan prevented him from revealing this information.

In 2015, Mussayev faced charges for the abduction and murder of two bankers in the Nurbank murder case. The primary suspect in the case, Rakhat Aliyev, was found hanged in his prison cell before the trial began. The trial was one of the most complex in Austrian history with over 60 witnesses. Mussayev was cleared of all charges.

"Krasnov" claim

In 2025, Mussayev claimed that Donald Trump had been recruited by the KGB when he visited "Moscow as a real estate developer in 1987" and was given the codename "Krasnov". Several sources note that he does not provide any clear evidence to support his claim. "Mussayev did not specify that Trump actively or knowingly participated in any espionage activities or provide examples, only that he was recruited", and Sergei Zhyrnov. Mussayev also asserted that Trump is compromised: