Kremlin denies US talks amid reports CIA Director Ratcliffe in Russia

aljazeera.com·Al Jazeera Staff·2026-08-25T18:01:37.000Z
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This article reports that the CIA director may have secretly visited Moscow for high-level talks, despite the Kremlin denying any such meetings are happening. It relies on anonymous sources from US media and flight data to suggest backchannel diplomacy between the US and Russia, possibly related to prisoner swaps or de-escalating the Ukraine war, but offers no official confirmation or details about who was involved or what was discussed.

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