Top U.S. Spy Official Visited Moscow Secretly to Warn Russia Against Attacking NATO Allies

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret eight-hour trip to Moscow on August 25, 2026. He met Russia's top intelligence official, Sergei Naryshkin, to warn against attacking NATO countries — especially Baltic nations — and to push Russia to stop helping Iran. Few top U.S. officials have visited Russia since the Ukraine war began in 2022. Russia called the attack reports "scare stories."