Head of Russian intelligence service on meeting with CIA director: ‘We discussed issues that fall within the purview of the intelligence services’
Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, said he met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe’s August 25 visit to Moscow, and that the two discussed “a number of issues that fall within the purview of the intelligence services.”
Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe’s August 25 visit to Moscow, discussing "a number of issues that fall within the purview of the intelligence services," Naryshkin told Russian news agency Interfax. The Foreign Intelligence Service head described the meeting as "nothing unusual," explaining it was "a working format."
Naryshkin noted that such meetings between agency heads or online personal encounters are common in the practice of special services. CIA Director Ratcliffe's August 25 unannounced visit to Moscow aimed to warn Russian authorities against attacking NATO countries, specifically Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. According to Politico and The Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump characterized the visit as having a "semi-routine" reason.
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