# CIA director visited Moscow for ‘contacts between security services,’ Kremlin says

https://mins.news/en/item/32738

- Meduza, 2026-08-26 07:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/26/cia-director-visited-moscow-for-contacts-between-security-services-kremlin-spokesperson-says

> CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow for what Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described as “contacts between security services.” Peskov said meetings between Ratcliffe and Vladimir Putin were not scheduled. Speculation linked the unannounced visit either to the release of American prisoner Charles Zimmerman or to a possible “warning” for Putin.

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