Directors Of Russia's Three Main Intelligence Agencies Were In The U.S. Last Week Meeting U.S. Intelligence Officials

Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin (SVR) and director of the Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov (FSB). © Sputnik/ Aleksey Nikolskyi

RFE: Chiefs Of Three Russian Intelligence Agencies Travel To Washington

WASHINGTON -- The directors of Russia's three main intelligence and espionage agencies all traveled to the U.S. capital in recent days, in what observers said was a highly unusual occurrence coming at a time of heightened U.S.-Russian tensions.

Russia's ambassador to the United States had earlier confirmed that Sergei Naryshkin, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), was in Washington in recent days to meet with U.S. officials about terrorism and other matters.

But the presence of the two other chiefs -- Aleksandr Bortnikov, director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), and Colonel General Igor Korobov, chief of Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) -- was not previously known.

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