SVR chief Naryshkin recounted his trip to the United States

"I will respond briefly: in the United States, I did my professional job as Russian intelligence chief," Naryshkin told reporters on Tuesday

the SVR chief answered the question d & # 39; Interfax. a recent trip to the United States and the subsequent publication of the so-called "Kremlin Report."

In press office the SVR declined to comment on the reports of Naryshkin's presence in the United States. minutes "on the TV channel" Russia-1 "(VGTRK) reported that SVR leader Naryshkin visited the United States to consult his US counterparts in the fight against terrorism.

The chief of the Democratic minority in the US Senate asked the presidential administration to clarify the visit of Naryshkin. "The Trump administration must immediately clarify and answer the question: what kind of US official is it? met (Sergei Naryshkin-IF)? ", Said the senator to the reporters.

He suggested that the director SVR" is not alone "and about this he also asked the White House: "What other people from the Russian intelligence service who were taken under sanctions, the administration of Trump admitted to our country?"

Later, from the Washington Post publication In addition to Naryshkin, the leader of FSB A ( also, according to the publication, met Pompeo) and the head of the General Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Russia, Igor Korobov.

"Kremlin Report"

January 30, the Ministry of Finance unveiled the "Kremlin list" proceeding from formal criteria, including businessmen of the Russian Federation with a fortune of 1 billion dollars (according to public sources), the heads of all major state-owned enterprises and banks, as well as the Russian government as a whole. In total, there are 210 people in the list. The "Kremlin list" is not a sanction, its participants are not subject to restrictive measures.