US EditionRussian and U.S. spy chiefs agree to call at any time, SVR director says
- Russian Spy Chief Sergei Naryshkin stated that he has agreed with CIA Director John Ratcliffe to call each other at any time.
- The CIA and Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service have been intense rivals, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Naryshkin confirmed this agreement during an interview with Kremlin state television reporter Pavel Zarubin.
- Naryshkin mentioned that they can discuss issues of interest in their calls.
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The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Narishkin, has indicated that he has had a telephone conversation with the head of the U.S. CIA, John Ratcliffe, in close proximity between Moscow and Washington. "I had a telephone conversation with my American counterpart and we agreed to call at any time to discuss the issues that interest us," Narishkin said in statements to Russian state television collected by AFP. In M…
Russian Spy Chief Naryshkin Says He’s Spoken to CIA’s Ratcliffe, and Both Agree To Keep the Communication Channels Open
While the process of normalization in the diplomatic and commercial relations between the US and Russia is ‘on a pause’, there is ongoing contact between the two countries’ premier intelligence agencies, the CIA and the SVR, signaling that the dark days of the Cold War are left behind.
The heads of the secret services of Moscow and Washington have held another official conversation, as relations between the two countries appear to be improving.
The head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, announced on Sunday that he had spoken by phone with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and agreed that they could call each other at any time. The organizations they lead are long-time rivals.
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