CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports
Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet.In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday. It departed later on Tuesday.BBC News has contacted the CIA, the White House and Pentagon for comment. Footage posted on social media showed the C-17 transport plane approaching Moscow's Vnukovo international airport.It departed Riga airport at 05:50 GMT and appeared to have landed in the Russian capital at around 07:04 GMT, according to data from FlightRadar24.
- ▪Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet.In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled t
- ▪It departed later on Tuesday.BBC News has contacted the CIA, the White House and Pentagon for comment.
- ▪Footage posted on social media showed the C-17 transport plane approaching Moscow's Vnukovo international airport.It departed Riga airport at 05:50 GMT and appeared to have landed in the Russian capital at around 07:04 GMT, according to dat
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CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reportsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, John Ratcliffe reportedly travelled to the Russian capital on board a military plane on TuesdayByJoe CoughlanPublished25 August 2026, 16:27 BSTUpdated 36 minutes agoThe head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC's US news partner CBS has reported.John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet.In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
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