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CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources.
The visit would be the first known visit to the Russian capital by a U.S. spy chief since Ratcliffe’s predecessor, William Burns, held talks with Vladimir Putin in November 2021. About three months after that meeting, the Russian president launched Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
CBS News and Axios reported the visit by Ratcliffe, U.S. President Donald Trump’s CIA chief, who served as director of national intelligence in Trump’s first term. The outlets did not say whom he was meeting or what the talks are expected to cover.
The CIA declined to comment. The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The U.S. last week asked Ukraine not to launch air strikes around Moscow, St. Petersburg, and some northern territories of Russia on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week because a plane carrying a senior U.S. official would be flying to the Russian capital, said a source familiar with the matter.
The source declined to provide further information. The Financial Times first reported the U.S. message to Ukraine.
On Monday, the U.S. warned countries to cut business ties with Iran or face secondary sanctions, a move aimed at stepping up economic pressure on Tehran to settle the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran launched in February.
The U.S. has no ambassador to Russia, which maintains a close strategic partnership with Iran involving extensive military, economic and diplomatic ties.
Tehran supplied Moscow with drones for its war against Ukraine. In March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of supplying its version of those drones to Iran.
A Ukrainian intelligence assessment reported by Reuters in April said that Russia has aided Iran with satellite imagery for use in targeting U.S. facilities in the Middle East.
Moscow denies providing such assistance and has said it is ready to help resolve the U.S.-Iran conflict.
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But the very fact this guy can keep his job under King MAGA means he is likely to be a spineless nitwit or asset.
Getting his orders off vlad for trump the dump .
Trumps like a scurrying rat.
Afte this fiasco with Iran and his domestic reputation in the toilet, he scrambles around looking for some way to portray himself as successful.
North Korea, Trade wars with Canada, Sucking up to Putin.
A big fat scurrying rat
Ukraina fiasco stinks around the corner?
highly likely so…
Imagine if these talks lead to Trump ending the war.
Blacklabel
Imagine if these talks lead to Trump ending the war.
It won’t. Trump failed.
you will even more mad about them.
Not if they ended the war.
I doubt this would have even made the news cycle if not for all the unofficial sightings of a US military plane in Russia, yesterday.
Imagine if these talks lead to Trump ending the war.
That would be great but doubt that’s what the visit was about ( likely Iran and the sanctions ). Besides, the whole NATO military industrial complex does not want the war to end and is doing everything possible to keep prolonging it. More profits$ baby.
okinawarides
Besides, the whole NATO military industrial complex does not want the war to end and is doing everything possible to keep prolonging it. More profits$ baby.
This is a Kremlin talking point. It isn’t true.
Imagine if these talks lead to Trump ending the war.
Didn’t he promise to end it on day one? Why didn’t he?
You know something is wrong his best friends are russia and north korea and his enemy Canada….
CBS News and Axios reported the visit by Ratcliffe, U.S. President Donald Trump’s CIA chief, who served as director of national intelligence in Trump’s first term. The outlets did not say whom he was meeting or what the talks are expected to cover.
No doubt Trump Admin and CIA are VERY worried about Russian Escalation in Ukraine and even against their more and more desperate proxy partners.
The key is US and Germany are not providing any offensive weapons to Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia, but lately Brits and French doing so and that’s the problem, and how WWIII can easily become reality
Fortunately, Macron to be replaced soon by someone who opposes French military support of Ukraine and PM Burnham weak politically, due to election losses last May
The U.S. last week asked Ukraine not to launch air strikes around Moscow, St. Petersburg, and some northern territories of Russia on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week because a plane carrying a senior U.S. official would be flying to the Russian capital, said a source familiar with the matter.
Fortunately, CIA Director Ratcliff is highly respected and trusted by Pres. Trump, and not a deep state partisan radical pro Govt. Socialist
Why would they be worried about this? Russia’s air defenses can’t even protect against Ukraine’s drones anymore. The last thing Russia wants is more countries joining the fight.
No doubt Trump Admin and CIA are VERY worried about Russian Escalation in Ukraine and even against their more and more desperate proxy partners.
The U.S. has no ambassador to Russia, which maintains a close strategic partnership with Iran involving extensive military, economic and diplomatic ties.
There is a U.S. embassy in Moscow and the head is J. Douglas Dykhouse. with the title of chargés d’affaires.
In addition Steve Witkoff has made several recent trips to Russia on behalf of the U.S. administration.
There is still dialogue with Russia albeit handled differently than is usual.
I can’t tell if he looks absolutely scared out of his whits or like a guy whose marriage proposal just got rejected. In any case this guy is definitely out of his league dealing with the Russians. I mean he couldn’t even roll a baseball downhill.
Besides, the whole NATO military industrial complex does not want the war to end and is doing everything possible to keep prolonging it. More profits$ baby.
This is a Kremlin talking point. It isn’t true.
NATO military industrial complex posters dismissing inconvenient truths as Kremlin talking points is not surprising. Fact remains the big bosses want to keep record profits$ from the ongoing war going. Astute readers are well aware of this.
okinawarides
NATO military industrial complex posters dismissing inconvenient truths as Kremlin talking points is not surprising. Fact remains the big bosses want to keep record profits$ from the ongoing war going.
Then please provide evidence.
Astute readers are well aware of this.
Astute readers will note that you parrot Kremlin talking points.
HopeSpringsEternal
Fortunately, CIA Director Ratcliff is highly respected and trusted by Pres. Trump,
And Steve Witkoff is an idiot, but is highly respected and trusted by Pres. Trump, so that doesn’t tell you anything.
There is still dialogue with Russia albeit handled differently than is usual.
Absolutely, and there should be, dialogue and diplomacy are always better than more war. Unfortunately too many vested interests want to keep the weapons flow to Zelensky going and prolong the conflict. $$ all around.
HopeSpringsEternal
The key is US and Germany are not providing any offensive weapons to Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia, but lately Brits and French doing so and that’s the problem,
That’s not a problem; it’s a good thing.
and how WWIII can easily become reality
Try to ease off the alarmism.
PM Burnham weak politically, due to election losses last May
Burnham beat the Reform candidate. Hardly weak politically.
okinawarides
Unfortunately too many vested interests want to keep the weapons flow to Zelensky going and prolong the conflict. $ all around.
Nothing to do with money and all to do with Putin’s westward expansionism, which must be stopped.
Unfortunately too many vested interests want to keep the weapons flow to Zelensky going and prolong the conflict. $ all around.
…Nothing to do with money “
Arms manufacturers and corrupt elements in Zelensky government siphoning off millions$ fully appreciate and agree with that statement.
He didn’t get the 747 for his trip, only a military transport.
I think he flew from Latvia.
I wonder if this has anything to do with Russia trying to blow up a cargo plane at a German airport?
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