The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe unexpectedly arrived in Moscow at the end of August and delivered a grim warning to the Russian leadership about the state of the economy. According to the publication, he argued to the Kremlin that Russia would not be able to win the war in Ukraine economically and risked repeating the collapse of the USSR because of military spending.

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According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the CIA warned the governments of European countries about a possible drone operation against one of the countries of Southern Europe — Spain, France, or Italy. The publication says that Russia could use Gerbera drones hidden in cargo containers on merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea for this purpose.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland while the planes were refueling. According to Reuters, it was an informal conversation, and its content is not disclosed.

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Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский и директор ЦРУ США Джон Рэтклифф встретились в аэропорту Шэннон в Ирландии 21 сентября. О встрече сообщило Reuters со ссылкой на двух неназванных собеседников, которым она известна.

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Financial Times reported that Vladimir Putin planned to meet with CIA chief John Ratcliffe during his trip to Moscow in late August, but the meeting did not take place. The Kremlin denied this: presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told FT that no such meeting had been planned.

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The Donald Trump administration plans to strengthen CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s role in mediating between Russia and Ukraine while at the same time reducing the involvement of U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Financial Times writes. According to the newspaper, Ratcliffe is to conduct shuttle diplomacy and maintain contact with the intelligence services of both countries.

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