# Trump says Russian, US intelligence chiefs are on good terms and talk regularly

https://mins.news/en/item/34774

- TASS, 2026-08-27 18:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2178579

> US President Donald Trump said CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Russia’s SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin have a good relationship and speak regularly. He described Ratcliffe’s recent Moscow trip as routine, saying there was nothing unusual about it and questioning the media attention it received.

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