Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Donald Trump to thank his American counterpart for sharing CIA intelligence that helped derail a series of planned bombings in St. Petersburg, Politico informs.
The Kremlin said the CIA’s information helped thwart a plan to bomb the Kazan Cathedral and other crowded sites in Russia’s second largest city. Russia’s Federal Security Service reported that it had arrested seven members of a terrorist cell as part of the plot, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday.