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CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow overnight to meet with Russian officials, a US official familiar with his travel told CNN.
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The official declined to share the substance of the meetings or the topics set to be discussed.
The CIA declined to comment.
The visit is Ratcliffe’s first known trip to the country as CIA director under President Donald Trump. It comes as negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine have stalled.
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It also comes one day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced “Operation Economic Outcast” — a new strategy designed to isolate Iran from the rest of the world by punishing countries and entities that continue to do business with Tehran. Russia is a strategic trading partner with Iran.
Early Tuesday morning, a military transport aircraft — an American Boeing C-17 Globemaster III — landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24. It appeared the flight had initially taken off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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CBS News was first to report on Ratcliffe’s presence in Russia.