CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on 25 August 2026 in an unannounced visit confirmed by multiple US media outlets and a US military transport plane sighting. The rare CIA chief visit occurred as Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations had stalled.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe has traveled to Russia for meetings, CBS reported, after Russia’s state-run Tass news service reported that a large US military transport plane had landed in Moscow on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Russia to attended meetings in Moscow on Tuesday, U.S. media outlets reported citing unnamed sources. CBS News and Axios both reported the visit by U.S. President Donald Trump's former director of national intelligence who now runs the nation's spy agency. The outlets did not say who Ratcliffe was meeting with or what the