Naryshkin discussed the situation in Ukraine by phone with the head of the CIA in June

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia Sergey Naryshkin in June discussed the situation in Ukraine with the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns for about an hour in June. Information about this Naryshkin confirmed TASS.

“Yes, indeed, the conversation took place at the end of last month. The pretext for a telephone conversation, as I assess it, on the part of the American colleague was the events of June 24th. It is clear how I answered this question about what happened, ”said Naryshkin.

The director of the Foreign Intelligence Service suggested that the events of June 24 could only be a pretext for communication, since “the main part of the conversation was focused on discussing the topic and events around Ukraine.” “We thought and reasoned about what to do with Ukraine,” Naryshkin said.

Naryshkin and Burns did not arrange a personal meeting, but the SVR director admitted that such a possibility exists.

June 30 The Wall Street Journal, citing sources reportedthat Burns “secretly” contacted Naryshkin after an attempted mutiny by the founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 24, to say that the United States was not involved in these events.

On the night of June 24, PMC Wagner, led by Prigozhin, attempted an armed rebellion in Russia and took control of Rostov-on-Don. After negotiations with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin decided to stop the movement to the capital and return to the rear camps of PMCs. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, specified that the criminal case initiated against Prigozhin would be terminated, and he himself “would go to Belarus.”