CIA, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service agree on regular contacts to reduce Russia-US confrontation

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia Sergey Naryshkin and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe held a telephone conversation and agreed to maintain regular contacts to reduce confrontation in relations between Moscow and Washington, according to the SVR press bureau, Report informs via Russian media.

"On March 11, 2025, a telephone conversation took place between the Director of the SVR of Russia Naryshkin and the head of the US CIA Ratcliffe. During the communication, issues of interaction between the two intelligence services in areas of common interest and the settlement of crisis situations were discussed," reads the message.