# US-Russia Security and Diplomatic Engagement — 2026-08 archive

https://mins.news/en/topic/us-russia-security-dialogue/2026-08

- 52 reports · 9 videos · 16 outlets
- Updated: 2026-08-31 19:44 UTC

## Earlier coverage

### 2026-08-31

- [Kremlin urges people to ignore Western media ‘fake news’ and focus on front realities](https://mins.news/en/item/39232) — TASS, 2026-08-31
### 2026-08-30

#### Kremlin response to CIA director’s visit to Russia

- [Putin briefed on results of CIA director’s Russia visit, Kremlin says](https://mins.news/en/item/37592) — TASS, 2026-08-30
- [Kremlin: Putin did not meet CIA director in Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/37593) — TASS, 2026-08-30
- [Kremlin: Putin’s meetings with Lukashenko unrelated to CIS chief’s visit](https://mins.news/en/item/37572) — TASS, 2026-08-30
#### Proposal for a trilateral meeting and resuming talks

- [CIA chief reportedly proposed Putin-Trump-Zelensky trilateral meeting](https://mins.news/en/item/37336) — TASS, 2026-08-30
### 2026-08-29

- [Washington Post: Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russia against exploiting perceived U.S. weakness](https://mins.news/en/item/36402) — Meduza, 2026-08-29
### 2026-08-28

#### Claims of CIA Director’s Visit to Moscow

- [Bloomberg: European officials doubt CIA chief’s Moscow trip focused mainly on a NATO attack](https://mins.news/en/item/36184) — Meduza, 2026-08-28
- [Bloomberg: US kept European allies uninformed about CIA chief’s Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/item/36155) — TASS, 2026-08-28
- [Europe Skeptical CIA Moscow Trip Was to Warn Off Baltic Attack](https://mins.news/en/item/35876) — Bloomberg News, 2026-08-28
- [CIA director’s visit to Russia demonstrates importance of dialogue amid conflicts — expert](https://mins.news/en/item/35409) — TASS, 2026-08-28
- [CIA chief, Vatican diplomacy head visited Russia to talk, Lavrov says](https://mins.news/en/item/35195) — TASS, 2026-08-28
- [US media report CIA chief John Ratcliffe warned Russia against attacking Baltic NATO allies](https://mins.news/en/video/35157) — DW News, 2026-08-28
- [Trump dismisses Russia-NATO threat after CIA chief’s Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/item/35095) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-28
- [Trump personally dispatched CIA chief to Russia, WSJ reports](https://mins.news/en/item/35082) — TASS, 2026-08-28
### 2026-08-27

#### CIA director’s secret Moscow visit and warning

- [CIA chief asked Russia not to share intelligence with Iran during Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/video/34898) — NBC News, 2026-08-27
#### Trump downplays the trip

- [Trump says he is not worried Russia will attack NATO and denies CIA warning to Putin](https://mins.news/en/item/34830) — Meduza, 2026-08-27
- [Trump says Russian, US intelligence chiefs are on good terms and talk regularly](https://mins.news/en/item/34774) — TASS, 2026-08-27
#### CIA director’s secret Moscow visit and warning

- [What to make of the CIA chief’s secret trip to Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/34683) — BBC News, 2026-08-27
#### Russia confirms meeting and calls it routine

- [Russian intelligence chief on CIA director meeting: ‘We discussed issues within the intelligence services’ purview’](https://mins.news/en/item/34359) — Meduza, 2026-08-27
- [Russian intelligence chief says meeting with US counterpart was ‘part of the job’](https://mins.news/en/item/34358) — TASS, 2026-08-27
#### Baltic states’ threat assessment

- [Baltics' assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/item/34318) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-27
#### Russia confirms meeting and calls it routine

- [Russia’s foreign spy chief confirms talks with CIA director in Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/34142) — Reuters, 2026-08-27
- [Russia’s SVR chief confirms meeting CIA director in Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/34109) — TASS, 2026-08-27
#### CIA director’s secret Moscow visit and warning

- [CIA chief John Ratcliffe reportedly made secretive Moscow trip to warn Russia against attacking NATO](https://mins.news/en/item/34051) — CNBC, 2026-08-27
- [Politico, WSJ: CIA director visited Moscow to warn Kremlin against attacking NATO countries](https://mins.news/en/item/34037) — Meduza, 2026-08-27
- [CIA chief warned Moscow against escalation toward Baltic NATO states, Politico reports](https://mins.news/en/item/33838) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-27
- [Why did the CIA director fly to Russia? What we know](https://mins.news/en/video/33743) — CNN, 2026-08-27
### 2026-08-26

#### Trump’s downplaying and follow-up meeting

- [Kremlin confirms CIA chief’s Moscow visit as Trump plays it down](https://mins.news/en/video/33664) — DW News, 2026-08-26
- [CIA, Pentagon chiefs hold meeting at White House — pool reporters](https://mins.news/en/item/33595) — TASS, 2026-08-26
- [Trump dismisses CIA chief’s secretive Russia trip as ‘semi-routine’](https://mins.news/en/video/33504) — Fox News, 2026-08-26
- [Trump comments for the first time on Ratcliffe’s ‘semi-routine’ Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/item/33387) — Meduza, 2026-08-26
- [Trump calls CIA chief’s Russia trip ‘semi-routine’ as Ukraine awaits briefing](https://mins.news/en/item/33343) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-26
#### Visit Exposure and Official Confirmation

- [Russia: CIA director visits Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/33330) — France 24, 2026-08-26
#### Kremlin statement: Putin not seen

- [Kremlin says CIA chief met Russian intelligence officials, not Putin](https://mins.news/en/item/33239) — Al Jazeera, 2026-08-26
#### Visit Exposure and Official Confirmation

- [Moscow confirms CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit](https://mins.news/en/item/33000) — DW, 2026-08-26
#### Kremlin statement: Putin not seen

- [No Kremlin contacts with US representatives planned, spokesman says](https://mins.news/en/item/32981) — TASS, 2026-08-26
- [Kremlin briefing focuses on Ratcliffe’s Russia visit, Ukraine and Armenia](https://mins.news/en/item/32982) — TASS, 2026-08-26
- [Kremlin says CIA chief met Russian counterparts, not Putin, in Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/32945) — France 24, 2026-08-26
#### Visit Exposure and Official Confirmation

- [CIA director visited Moscow for ‘contacts between security services,’ Kremlin says](https://mins.news/en/item/32738) — Meduza, 2026-08-26
- [Putin did not meet CIA director during Russia visit, Kremlin says](https://mins.news/en/item/32686) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-26
- [CIA chief arrived in Russia for contacts between special services, Kremlin tells WP](https://mins.news/en/item/32593) — TASS, 2026-08-26
- [CIA chief John Ratcliffe visits Moscow, media reports](https://mins.news/en/item/32560) — CGTN, 2026-08-26
- [Why the CIA chief might have made a secret Moscow visit](https://mins.news/en/video/32457) — DW News, 2026-08-26
### 2026-08-25

#### CIA director’s surprise visit to Moscow

- [CIA director makes unannounced trip to Moscow for talks, source says](https://mins.news/en/video/32377) — NBC News, 2026-08-25
- [Mystery surrounds US spy chief’s secret visit to Moscow](https://mins.news/en/video/32356) — BBC News, 2026-08-25
- [Kremlin denies planned talks with US envoys amid reports CIA head in Russia](https://mins.news/en/item/32154) — Al Jazeera, 2026-08-25
- [CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an overnight trip to Moscow for talks with Russian officials](https://mins.news/en/item/31942) — CNN, 2026-08-25
- [US military plane lands in Moscow as Kremlin says it has no information](https://mins.news/en/item/31938) — Fox News, 2026-08-25
- [CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/31917) — Meduza, 2026-08-25
- [US lawmaker Luna praises reports of CIA chief’s Russia trip](https://mins.news/en/item/31869) — TASS, 2026-08-25
- [US media report CIA chief John Ratcliffe is in Moscow for meetings](https://mins.news/en/item/31854) — DW, 2026-08-25
- [Sources place CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Moscow for meetings](https://mins.news/en/video/31843) — ABC News, 2026-08-25
- [CIA director John Ratcliffe reportedly visits Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/31835) — The Guardian, 2026-08-25
- [CIA chief in Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports](https://mins.news/en/item/31789) — BBC News, 2026-08-25
- [CIA Director Ratcliffe visits Moscow, US media reports](https://mins.news/en/item/31784) — France 24, 2026-08-25
- [CBS News: CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives in Moscow](https://mins.news/en/item/31786) — Meduza, 2026-08-25
- [US asked Ukraine to refrain from striking Moscow during CIA chief’s visit, source says](https://mins.news/en/item/31753) — The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-25
- [US military transport plane arrives in Moscow in rare occurrence](https://mins.news/en/item/31736) — Al Jazeera, 2026-08-25
- [U.S. Air Force transport plane lands in Moscow. It’s unclear who was on board.](https://mins.news/en/item/31679) — Meduza, 2026-08-25