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CIA and Russian Spy Chiefs Open Round-the-Clock Hotline
- Sergey Naryshkin, Russia's SVR Director, said on June 29 that he agreed to maintain open contact with CIA Director John Ratcliffe at any time.
- This announcement follows previous diplomatic efforts including a February 12 phone call between Presidents Trump and Putin aimed at resetting U.S.-Russia relations and reviving dialogue on Ukraine.
- Although previous ceasefire negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv have been unsuccessful and intense fighting continues well into the ongoing conflict, both parties committed to rebuilding diplomatic ties and pursuing peace talks.
- Naryshkin emphasized that both sides agreed to keep open lines of communication, allowing them to contact each other freely whenever they wish to address matters relevant to their mutual interests, despite the ongoing tensions.
- This agreement to maintain direct communication between intelligence chiefs suggests cautious diplomatic engagement amid persistent conflict and sanctions debates.
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The Kyiv Independent
einnews.comUS, Russian spy chiefs agree to keep direct line open, Moscow says
The Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, told Russian state media on June 29 that he had agreed to remain in open contact with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe, following a recent phone call between the two."I had a phone call with my American counterpart, and we reserved for each other the possibility to call each other at any time and discuss issues of interest to us," Naryshkin sa…
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.
Russia and the United States have agreed to normalize contacts between their respective foreign intelligence services, according to the head of the Russian intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, following his second telephone conversation with his American counterpart, director of the…
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…
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.
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