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CIA Director Retkliff traveled to Moscow after the United States obtained intelligence about Russia preparing a possible mobilization and provocations against NATO countries, — WSJ.
According to former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Beth Sanner, Retkliff may have come to warn Putin: the United States knows about Russia’s plans and advises against carrying them out.
The WSJ suggests that the talks may also have concerned the war in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Iran, and Kremlin support for Iran.
According to the outlet, exercises were held in the Kaliningrad region in July for the possibility of mobilization. U.S. intelligence says such exercises are being conducted across Russia.