CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Russian intel counterparts on secretive visit to Moscow, Kremlin says

cbsnews.com·Jennifer Jacobs, Olivia Gazis, James LaPorta·2026-08-25T14:29:00.000Z
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The article reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian intelligence officials, a rare move during the ongoing war in Ukraine. It highlights the continuation of high-level U.S.-Russia intelligence contact despite the conflict, but doesn't include perspectives from Ukraine, which is directly affected by any behind-the-scenes diplomacy between the U.S. and Russia.

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