CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow

First Moscow trip of the term, and the readout will tell you less than the timing did.

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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