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Moscow visit: CIA chief warns Putin not to attack NATO countries?

2026-08-27 13:03:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Moscow visit: CIA chief warns Putin not to attack NATO countries?

The CIA chief's surprise trip to Moscow was to warn Russia not to attack NATO countries.

This is reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with John Ratcliffe's first known visit to Moscow.

The warning comes after new US intelligence assessments that Vladimir Putin could test NATO's resolve with a limited attack against a member country in the coming years.

US CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke with Russian intelligence officials during a visit to Moscow but did not meet with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, in a trip that US President Donald Trump described as "semi-routine".

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had been briefed on the outcome of Tuesday's visit, which came as the war in Ukraine continues and efforts to achieve a lasting peace between the United States and Iran have stalled.

Peskov declined to say what was discussed or provide further details.

"All I can tell you is that there were contacts through the security services. I can tell you that there were no meetings with the Russian president. Of course, President Putin is kept informed about everything without delay," Peskov said.

Trump, in a radio interview on Wednesday, did not say specifically why Ratcliffe had traveled to Moscow, but said it could be helpful.

"Now something could come out of this. We're working very hard to end that war," Trump told the Glenn Beck program, referring to the war in Ukraine.

Asked whether the CIA chief went to Moscow to discuss possible Russian actions to test the NATO military alliance or to discuss sanctions on Iran, Trump added: "None of the above. He's there, you know, in a semi-routine sort of way."

The last known visit by an American CIA director to the Russian capital occurred when Ratcliffe's predecessor, William Burns, held talks with Putin in November 2021, three months after the war in Ukraine began.

Asked whether visits by such senior American officials could help improve the deplorable state of US-Russia relations, Peskov said that contacts between the intelligence agencies of the two countries were a positive thing.

"These contacts often continue even during the most difficult periods in bilateral relations. Our President, incidentally, has spoken about this."

However, it is still too early to say to what extent this, overall, will help pull our bilateral relations out of the deep crisis they are currently in,” he said.


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