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CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow

Barak Ravid

CIA Director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow for the first time since he assumed office. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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 comment.
CBS first reported on Ratcliffe's trip.

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