Interfax: Russian official hopes Ukraine crisis will not end security cooperation with USA

(Interfax – June 17, 2014) First deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Sergey Smirnov, has expressed hope that the events in Ukraine will not disrupt cooperation between the Russian and US security services, privately-owned news agency Interfax reported on 17 June.

“We have always been cooperating, though sometimes, when some events are taking place, cooperation calms down. We are cooperating in the sphere of combating terrorism and this process has even bolstered up over the past ten years,” Smirnov said . He explained that the question was about cooperation between the security services of the two countries.

“We are cooperating at the level of official representatives, exchange visits of delegations, including the visits of directors. Therefore I hope that the latest developments [in Ukraine] will not impact on cooperation and it will not be disrupted,” Smirnov added.