CIA director John Ratcliffe meets with Russian officials in Moscow, reports say
John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the U.S., travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials. According to reports, a US military transport plane, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, landed at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. The plane originated from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC and stopped in Latvia en route.
The purpose of Ratcliffe's visit is unclear, and neither the CIA nor the Kremlin has provided details. The Kremlin said it had no meetings planned with US administration officials that week. According to Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian former deputy minister of internal affairs, Ratcliffe's visit could be connected to Russia's escalating hybrid war against Europe or a warning that the US could harden its position if Russia continues to refuse to end the war in Ukraine.
Ratcliffe is the first CIA director to visit Moscow since 2021, when his predecessor William Burns travelled there amid a Russian military buildup near Ukraine's borders. The trip was not officially announced, and Ratcliffe's meetings in Moscow have not been disclosed.
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