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Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin said in remarks published on Sunday that he had spoken to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, and that they had agreed to call each other at any time.
The CIA and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the successor to the KGB’s famed First Chief Directorate, have long been intense rivals, and each service resorted to public campaigns to recruit agents in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
SVR Director Naryshkin told Kremlin state television reporter Pavel Zarubin that he had a call with the CIA’s Ratcliffe and agreed on calling each other to discuss issues of interest.
“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 told Zarubin.
Naryshkin’s last known call with the CIA director took place in March 2025, according to Russian media.
The SVR and its predecessors have run some of the most damaging known agents in U.S. history, including Julius Rosenberg, who helped the Soviets obtain nuclear secrets, and the moles Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames who betrayed thousands of U.S. secrets.
The animosity between the two countries continues, notwithstanding a fairly healthy relationship between the Presidents of the two countries. In the period that Trump has been in office as a President once again, much was expected in terms of finding a possible peace formula between the Russia and Ukraine. However, so far, not much progress has been witnessed.
The two spy chiefs agreeing to talk at any time, is indeed a major achievement in terms of building bridges between the two nations. It does have the potential to reduce tensions in various parts of the world.
Team BharatShakti
(With Inputs from Reuters)
