C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit NYT > Top Stories By: Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes 27 August 2026 at 22:58 John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine. © Kenny Holston/The New York TimesJohn Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret visit to Moscow.
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