Russia’s Foreign Spy Chief Confirms He Held Talks with CIA Director in Moscow
Ratcliffe’s secret trip followed new U.S. intelligence that Russia could launch a limited assault on an allied country, officials said.
- On Tuesday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise visit to Moscow to deliver a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin against attacking North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.
- Intelligence assessments prompted the visit, with U.S. officials concerned that Putin could launch cyberattacks or small-scale land incursions against Baltic nations in coming years.
- European officials cite numerous drone incursions as evidence of a 'hybrid war,' with an explosive drone found in Germany bearing 'the hallmarks of devices typically employed by Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate, the GRU.'
- President Donald Trump downplayed the trip as 'semi-routine,' though the Kremlin has abandoned reliance on understandings reached between Putin and Trump at their Alaska summit last August.
- Peace negotiations have reached a dead end, prompting Putin to consider escalating attacks on Ukraine, while Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner face uncertainty regarding planned travel to Moscow and Kyiv.
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John Ratcliffe made a flash visit to Russia on Tuesday, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine and held talks with Russian intelligence officials
Ratcliffe travelled for his Moscow mission not in the discreet diplomatic jet, but in a heavily armed C-17. The choice of the plane raises questions about the US strategy.
U.S. media reports that the reason John Ratcliffe's surprise visit is to assure the Russian regime that Washington knows its plans for escalation and that it must abandon them Read
Russia’s foreign spy chief confirms he held talks with CIA director in Moscow
MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, said on Thursday that he had held a "working-level meeting" with CIA director John Ratcliffe in Moscow earlier this week and that they had discusse...
It was the first time since November 2021 that a CIA director travelled to Moscow. John Ratcliffe landed in the Russian capital on Monday to deliver a explosive message to his counterpart.
Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin confirmed that he met with the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe during his stay in Moscow, reports TASS.
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