John Ratcliffe, CIA director, traveled to Moscow on August 25, 2026, for talks with Russian officials, departing Washington on August 23 aboard a C-17 military plane, which stopped over in Riga, Latvia, before landing at Vnukovo Airport and departing the same day, according to CBS News, Axios, and Flightradar24.
Last known visit by a US intelligence chief to Moscow: William Burns, three months before the invasion.
Washington has asked Kiev to suspend its strikes on Moscow and Saint Petersburg from August 24 to 26.
The same day, a Vatican envoy met with Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to call for peace.
