AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow
CIA director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow on Tuesday for talks with Russian officials, two U.S. officials said. Why it matters: This is Ratcliffe's first trip to Moscow since he took office and the highest-level visit by a Trump administration official to Russia since January. - Ahead of Ratcliffe's trip, the U.S. told Ukraine that a senior delegation was traveling to Moscow and asked it to suspend strikes until it leaves, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Driving the news: Ratcliffe departed Washington on Sunday and traveled on a U.S. government plane to Latvia. - On Tuesday, Ratcliffe travelled from Riga, Latvia to Moscow on a U.S. Air Force C-17 plane. - The CIA did not respond to multiple requests for…
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