Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, confirmed on 2026-08-27 that he held a working-level meeting with CIA director John Ratcliffe in Moscow. US media reported Ratcliffe warned Russia against attacking any NATO member state.
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Russia's foreign spy chief confirms he held talks with CIA director in Moscow Reuters
MOSCOW, Aug 27 - Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, said on Thursday that he had held a \"working-level meeting\" with CIA director John Ratcliffe in Moscow earlier this week and that they had discussed unspecified and sensitive matters falling within the remit of their respective intelligence services.
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Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service chief Naryshkin: There is nothing unusual about meeting with the CIA director. In the work of intelligence services, face-to-face meetings between their chiefs are part of the job. A number of issues falling within the competence of the intelligence services were discussed at the meeting. I meet practically every week with the head of one intelligence or speci