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CIA Chief Ratcliffe Makes Secret Trip to Moscow

  • CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow on August 25, marking the first visit by a serving CIA chief since before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ratcliffe did not meet President Vladimir Putin but held talks with Russian security services; details of discussions were not disclosed.
  • The visit occurred amid stalled US-brokered peace talks on Ukraine and rising civilian casualties.
  • Ratcliffe traveled aboard a US Air Force Boeing C-17 from Joint Base Andrews via Riga, arriving and leaving Moscow on the same day; the CIA and White House declined to comment.
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CIA chief Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow. In the background: alarming intelligence information about Russian preparations in Kaliningrad. A comment.

·Munich, Germany
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International surprise generated the news about the CIA director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia, where he was initially going to hold meetings with officials linked to the Kremlin. Some details of the appointment have been delivered this Wednesday. The first to speak was US President Donald Trump, who in conversation with the host ... Continue reading “What did the secret quote between the CIA director and Russian officials in Moscow deal with?…

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John Ratcliffe paid a secret visit to Moscow on Tuesday, ‘semi-routinely’ according to US President Donald Trump. But that...

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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US President Donald Trump is pleased to hear from CIA chiefs John Ratcliffe about his visit to Moskva this day. Han møtte ikke Putin.

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