Retcliffe's Secret Visit to Moscow: CIA Director Delivers a 'Black Mark' to the Kremlin and Calls for Talks
CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived secretly in Moscow on August 25 and personally delivered to FSB chief Bortnikov an assessment of the failure of the Russian offensive, urging the Kremlin to negotiate. The visit was the first in-person contact between the two intelligence chiefs in four years.
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