Russia Foreign Intelligence Head Takes Road Trip From New York to Visit CIA HQ in Washington, DC
Evgeny Popov:
Minister of Finance was building up suspense in the US for a long time, because there really was an explosion, about the sanctions, and there weren’t any. Let's talk about one sensational detail of the Russian-American relations that the Russian Ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, told us today in Washington. And with all this, can you imagine, in the midst of this scandal, in the midst of the sanctions, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, arrives in the US on a regular Aeroflot flight. Gets into a car, drives from New York to Washington, because there were no direct flights.
I don’t know about the White House corridors, I'm talking about what's known for certain. Maybe he stopped to eat at one of these rest areas. So he came, and didn't hide that he did, what is he called there, the chief of all spies? Yes, Spy Chief, if you translate, Sergei Naryshkin. And held talks with the CIA director.
This is what Anatoly Antonov, the Russian Ambassador to the US, said about this today in our now-sensational interview.
- Today I want to confirm some unverified information with you. There are rumors that the Foreign Intelligence Head, Naryshkin, was seen flying into the US.
Anatoly Antonov:
- I want to tell you that even during the most difficult time, the most difficult time, communication between the special services continued. Politics are politics, but work is work. There are political slogans, and then there's real work. I will not mislead you, Mr. Naryshkin was here. He visited and held a consultation here with his colleagues. The issue of joint cooperation against terrorism was discussed. We were in contact in 2014 when the Sochi Olympics were held. And we're certainly thinking about working together this year, during the World Cup. The work continues, it's just that it's not very visible, as it probably should be, to our viewers and our readers. And I think that such work will continue.
- The Foreign Intelligence press service said that it will not comment on what Naryshkin did in Washington. Because you can understand the scandal in Washington.