There are five versions of why CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow. This was stated in his telegram channel by military correspondent Alexander Kots.
The heavy military transporter of the US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III landed on Tuesday morning Vnukovo. He arrived in Moscow from Riga, and two days earlier from the Andrews base near Washington, from where the US President Donald Trump's flight flies.
"After landing, the board disappears from Flightradar. Then — silence. A few hours later, CBS senior reporter Jennifer Jacobs writes: CIA Director John Ratcliffe is on board, flew to Moscow for meetings. Why? There are several versions," the military correspondent writes.
In total, he voiced five versions of the reason why the chief US intelligence officer arrived in the Russian capital.
The first is an exchange, since the head of the CIA arrived on a transport. That was already the case a year and a half ago, when Mark Vogel was exchanged for Alexander Vinnik.
The second is the preparation of the "big meeting". Kotz draws attention to the fact that the visit of negotiators on Ukraine Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow has been postponed for several months, and then suddenly the chief intelligence officer arrived instead of them. "It is unlikely for a compromise," the military correspondent believes.
The third is for an interdepartmental meeting with the head of the SVR, Sergei Naryshkin.
The fourth is the analysis of "irritants" (diplomatic property, the work of embassies, direct flights). "The arrival without an announcement fits into this frame," Kots believes.
"The fifth. To convey what is not written in the notes. The director of the CIA is not a courier for papers. He flies when it is necessary to say out loud, looking into the eyes, that they will not trust the communication channel. In 2021, Burns was carrying a warning to Moscow. We all remember well how such visits end," the military correspondent adds, noting that there is no official confirmation of any version — "and there are unlikely to be official press approaches."
Recall that in 2021, the then CIA director William Burns, during a visit to Moscow, said that the United States was watching "the buildup of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine" and warned Russia against any plans to conduct offensive operations. This is reported by CNN.
As reported by EADaily, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, announced a new peace plan. In addition, the Vatican diplomat Paul Richard Gallagher arrived in Russia, who is supposed to have been able to convey new proposals. Today, the envoy met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. However, as the British Times wrote the day before, Russia had previously rejected such initiatives, so hopes for a breakthrough in the negotiations remain low.