Top Russian spies reportedly met recently with CIA Director Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Trump steps up Iran fight in final election stretch MORE.

The meeting occurred when Pompeo's Russian counterparts visited the U.S., CNN reported, citing U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman.

Russian media reported that Moscow's sanctioned spy chief, Sergey Naryshkin, may have been one of the people Pompeo met with, CNN noted.

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Both Russia and the U.S. confirmed that Pompeo met with his intelligence counterparts.

Russia's U.S. ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, said Naryshkin traveled to the U.S. for the talks, according to CNN.

"I think this conversation was necessary and very useful. I am sure of it. And of course I'm not going to deceive you — Sergey Evgenyevich [Naryshkin] was here. He came. He held consultations with his colleagues," Antonov said on the Russia 1 TV channel.

He added that "politics is politics, work is work."

"There are political proclamations, there is real work," he said.

In 2014, Naryshkin was sanctioned by the Obama administration. He was also among the names included on a Treasury Department list released earlier this week of Russian business and political figures.

The report comes after Pompeo said this week he has "every expectation" Russia will try to influence this year's midterm elections in the U.S.

He said he hasn't seen a decrease in Russian activity, and he still sees the Kremlin as a primary adversary.