The Kremlin confirmed that the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, was in Moscow on Tuesday. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reason for the trip was contacts between intelligence services. It was a confirmation after the route of a U.S. military aircraft was recorded over the Russian capital. HVG ↗
According to available information, it would be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia since taking office as CIA director. Peskov initially claimed he knew nothing about the landing of a U.S. military aircraft in Moscow, but later explained the CIA chief’s trip as part of working contacts between the services. Telex ↗
The visit also attracted attention because trips by the CIA chief to Moscow are not frequent. One assessment included the claim that Ratcliffe may have come to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin against further escalating tensions in Europe. According to published information, however, the Kremlin presented the trip solely as communication between intelligence structures. Tagesspiegel ↗
Further developments will depend on whether Moscow or Washington provide details about the content of the talks. So far, it is not known whether the visit was connected to the war in Ukraine, the broader security situation in Europe, or other issues between the two countries. Tagesspiegel ↗
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A Kreml megerősítette, hogy a CIA igazgatója járt Moszkvában
HVG
| 07:39 26.08.
A Kreml szóvivője szerint a hírszerző ügynökségek közötti kapcsolattartás miatt látogatott Moszkvába a CIA igazgatója
Telex
| 07:10 26.08.
US-Militärflugzeug auf Flug nach Moskau geortet: CIA-Chef ist offenbar nach Russland gereist
Tagesspiegel
| 16:48 25.08.
Geheimdienste: Kreml: CIA-Chef Ratcliffe für Geheimdienstkontakte in Moskau
Tagesspiegel
| 07:19 26.08.
Geheimdienste: Kreml: CIA-Chef Ratcliffe für Geheimdienstkontakte in Moskau
Die Zeit
| 07:18 26.08.
Figyelmeztetés Putyinnak? Ezért utazhatott Moszkvába a CIA vezetője - Oroszország háborúja Ukrajnában – az Index szerdai hírösszefoglalója
Index.hu
| 06:04 26.08.
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