# Mystery surrounds US spy chief’s secret visit to Moscow

https://mins.news/en/video/32356

- BBC News, 2026-08-25 21:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_wxXXdooI4

> CIA Director John Ratcliffe is understood to have travelled to Moscow for secret, unannounced talks, according to multiple US sources. Neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed the purpose of the visit or who he was due to meet. Flight tracking data showed a large US military aircraft travelling to Russia via Latvia.

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