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Unconventional diplomacy: why the CIA director flew to Moscow
While U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner once again postponed their visit to Kyiv because of intensified Russian missile and drone attacks, CIA Director John Ratcliffe unexpectedly visited Moscow.
Why were official Washington and Moscow trying to keep this trip quiet, what might Ratcliffe have discussed with the Russians, and should parallels be drawn with his predecessor Burns’s visit to Russia in November 2021 (knowing that the Americans’ warnings in the Kremlin at that time were not heeded)? Read more in the UNIAN piece.
