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CIA head called Kremlin to assure US had no role in mutiny
The phone call is the highest-level contact between the governments since the incident.
Yevgeny Prigozhin led the armed revolt only to abruptly call it off as his fighters approached Moscow. (Prigozhin Press Service/AP pic)
WASHINGTON: CIA director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week’s aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the US had no role in it, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Burns’ phone call with Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, took place this week and was the highest-level contact between the two governments since the attempted mutiny, the Wall Street Journal said.
The boss of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, shocked the world by leading last week’s armed revolt, only to abruptly call it off as his fighters approached Moscow.
President Joe Biden said on Monday the brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin was part of a struggle within the Russian system and that the US and its allies were not involved in it.
WASHINGTON: CIA director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week’s aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the US had no role in it, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Burns’ phone call with Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, took place this week and was the highest-level contact between the two governments since the attempted mutiny, the Wall Street Journal said.
The boss of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, shocked the world by leading last week’s armed revolt, only to abruptly call it off as his fighters approached Moscow.
President Joe Biden said on Monday the brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin was part of a struggle within the Russian system and that the US and its allies were not involved in it.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, their military raised their alert levels, to "prevent Western mischief" , part of their old mentality. NATO raised its alert status in response.
ReplyDeleteThe Yanks wanted to avoid this kind of spiralling actions this time.
Wakakakaka…
ReplyDelete"When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, their military raised their alert levels, to "prevent Western mischief" , part of their old mentality"
U know what u r farting?
With the collapse of SU, whose military within needed to raise their alert level?
Ooop… maybe the yank & their NATO doggies!
Truly know-nothing diarrhea.