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Summary:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on a US Air Force C-17 transport jet on Tuesday morning for meetings with\u00a0Russian intelligence officials<\/strong>, according to\u00a0CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n The outlet cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who confirmed Wednesday that\u00a0Ratcliffe met with senior Russian intelligence officials but not President Vladimir Putin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Putin was later briefed on the talks, according to Peskov, who cautioned that it was\u00a0too early to determine whether the meeting could help pull bilateral US-Russian relations out of their “deep crisis.”<\/strong><\/p>\n The visit marks Ratcliffe’s first known trip to Russia since becoming CIA director, though he has maintained contact with Russian intelligence counterparts, CBS noted.<\/p>\n CBS continued:<\/p>\n Ahead of his trip, the US told Ukrainian officials that a senior delegation would be traveling to Moscow and asked Kyiv to suspend strikes until the delegation’s departure from Russia, according to a senior Ukrainian official.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The secretive trip comes as US-mediated peace talks remain stalled and Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure have stoked a refined-products crisis that is spreading worldwide in the form of diesel shortages. We must note the energy crisis has been compounded by tanker transit disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n
New Details On\u00a0Ratcliffe’s Trip To Moscow\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
CIA Director\u00a0Ratcliffe On USAF Cargo Jet Flight To Moscow\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n