Russian Spy Chief Confirms Call With CIA Counterpart. Ukraine Was The Topic Of Discussion

Sergey Naryshkin © Sputnik / Alexey Nikolsky

RT: Russia’s top spy reveals Ukraine was topic of secret call with CIA

The Wagner mutiny served as a “pretext” for CIA Director William Burns to discuss the conflict, Sergey Naryshkin has said

Ukraine, rather than the mutiny of Russian private military company Wagner, was the main subject of recent secret talks between CIA Director William Burns and his Russian counterpart, the latter revealed on Wednesday.

Sergey Naryshkin is the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the SVR

The phone call between the two intelligence chiefs took place in late June and was first reported by Western media, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. They said Burns wanted to assure Moscow that the US government had nothing to do with the then-ongoing Wagner mutiny.

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WNU Editor: It was the U.S. that initiated this call. I see this as an attempt by the U.S. to initiate some sort of back-channel to Moscow.

Update: He is stating the obvious .... Russian intel chief says conditions not yet 'ripe' for talks on Ukraine (TASS).

Russian Spy Chief Confirms Call With CIA Counterpart

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Russian Spy Chief Confirms Call With CIA Counterpart -- Moscow Times

Russian spy chief says he spoke to CIA boss about 'what to do with Ukraine' -- Reuters

Russian Spy Chief Confirms Call With CIA Counterpart, Says They Discussed Ukraine -- RFE

Russian intelligence chief says he discussed "what to do with Ukraine" with CIA chief -- Ukrainska Pravda

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