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CIA Director visits Moscow for intelligence talks amid Ukraine war

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare visit to Moscow for talks with Russian intelligence officials, a meeting that occurred amidst strained U.S.-Russia relations due to the war in Ukraine. While the Kremlin confirmed the discussions, they stated that Ratcliffe did not meet with President Vladimir Putin, who was briefed on the intelligence-level contacts. The visit, described by former President Donald Trump as "sort of semi-routine," was preceded by a U.S. request to Ukraine to suspend strikes in the Moscow region. AI

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CIA Director visits Moscow for intelligence talks amid Ukraine war

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    CIA director visits Putin in Moscow in talks that Trump calls ‘sort of semi-routine’

    Trump says Ratcliffe's trip was "sort of semi-routine." An expert on Russia's security services says it does not "happen every year."

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