'Uprising'/ CIA director calls Russian spy chief: We have no role

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'Uprising'/ CIA director calls Russian spy chief: We have no role


The CIA director reportedly called Moscow's spy chief after last week's rebellion in Russia to reassure the Kremlin that the US played no role in it.

William Burns called the head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service this week, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported.

According to foreign media, it was the highest-level contact between the two governments since the head of the Russian group Wagner led an armed revolt, which he later called off after his fighters approached Moscow.

On Monday, US President Joe Biden said the brief uprising was part of a war within the Russian system and the US and its allies were not involved.

The Russian mercenaries advanced most of the way to Moscow before their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin called off the advance and ordered them back to "avoid bloodshed".

After the dramatic event, Vladimir Putin made a series of speeches this week and thanked the Russian military for stopping the outbreak of a "civil war" in the country.


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