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- Yuri Shvets alleges U.S. President Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian KGB asset for 40 years.
- Shvets says Trump entered Russian intelligence focus in 1977 after marrying Ivana Zelnickova, triggering a KGB-Czechoslovak operation.
- In the 1980s Trump bought 200 televisions from émigré Semyon Kislin, whom Shvets identifies as a KGB spotter.
- Shvets criticized the Mueller report for ignoring counterintelligence aspects, prompting his investigation with author Craig Unger.
- The Moscow Project documented at least 272 contacts and 38 meetings between the Trump campaign and Russia-linked operatives.