# Kremlin aide dismisses reports Putin refused to meet CIA chief

https://mins.news/en/item/41535

- TASS, 2026-09-02 06:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2181051

> Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov rejected Western media reports that President Vladimir Putin had refused to meet CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit. Ushakov said no such meeting had been planned and that the CIA chief instead met senior Russian intelligence officials in confidential, strictly official discussions.

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