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CIA director, Putin's spy chief hold first phone call in more than 2 years: report
The directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service spoke by phone for the first time in more than two years, reports say.
CIA head, Russian spy chief speak by phone, first such contact in 27 months
The heads of U.S. and Russian spy agencies have spoken by phone and agreed to keep up regular contacts to lower the temperature in U.S.-Russia relations, news reports said Wednesday. In the first such contact in more than two years,
The CIA chief and his Russian counterpart are going to chat regularly now
Russia's intelligence agency said its chief spoke to the head of the CIA on Tuesday, the first reported contact between the pair in over two years.
US and Russian spy chiefs speak amid Ukraine war talks
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Sergei Naryshkin, chief of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, spoke over the phone Tuesday amid recent peace talks with Ukraine, endorsing a 30-day
Putin's spy chief holds phone call with CIA director
Russia's foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, held a phone call on Tuesday with the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
US, Russia spy chiefs agree to hold regular contacts
The call was the first such contact since US President Donald Trump assumed office vowing to end the three-year Ukraine conflict.
Russian Spy Chief Speaks with CIA Director, Here's What They Discussed
CIA Director CIA John Ratcliffe and the head of the Russian external intelligence agency SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, spoke on the phone on Tuesday, according to the state news agency TASS as quoted by Al Arabiya.
US, Russia spy chiefs agree to maintain regular contact
The heads of the U.S. and Russian spy agencies held a phone conference on Tuesday, agreeing to maintain regular contact to ease tensions in
CIA director and Russian counterpart speak amid ceasefire push
CIA director John Ratcliffe spoke by phone Tuesday with the head of the Russian foreign intelligence agency (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin, a source familiar with the call confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: This was the first call between the spy chiefs since President Trump assumed office.
Chiefs of CIA and Russian foreign intelligence hold phone call
John Ratcliffe, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, and Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, held a telephone conversation on 11 March. Source: European Pravda,
CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Meets With Russian Spy Master: Here's What They Discussed
The rare exchange between SVR and CIA signals a potential shift in Washington-Moscow relations.
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