Kremlin calls CIA director's Moscow visit "contacts between security services"
The visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow on August 25 was connected with contacts between the special services of the Russian Federation and the US.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow on August 25, according to The Washington Post. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the visit was related to contacts between security services of the Russian Federation and the US. The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the matter. The flight-tracking data showed a US government transport plane leaving Joint Base Andrews, near Washington, and arriving in Moscow.
It stayed in Moscow for approximately 8.5 hours before departing. No further details about the purpose of Ratcliffe's visit were provided by the Kremlin, which simply described it as "contacts between security services." The last time a CIA director visited Moscow was in November 2021, when William J. Burns warned Putin and his aides against attacking Ukraine.
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