CIA Director Visits Moscow for Peace Talks as Putin Declines Meeting

CIA Director Bill Burns traveled to Moscow to advocate for diplomatic negotiations on the Ukraine conflict, but President Vladimir Putin canceled a scheduled meeting with him. The visit underscores ongoing, albeit strained, backchannel diplomacy between Washington and Moscow.

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Agenstvo: CIA director traveled to Moscow to urge peace talks. Putin planned to meet him but changed his mind.

Vladimir Putin had planned to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during his August 25 visit to Moscow but called it off after learning the purpose of the trip, a source close to the Kremlin told the independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo.

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Litovský prezident prezradil cieľ cesty šéfa CIA do Moskvy

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CIA Director Visits Moscow for Peace Talks as Putin Declines Meeting

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Agenstvo: CIA director traveled to Moscow to urge peace talks. Putin planned to meet him but changed his mind.

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Litovský prezident prezradil cieľ cesty šéfa CIA do Moskvy

Agenstvo: CIA director traveled to Moscow to urge peace talks. Putin planned to meet him but changed his mind.

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