CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow
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Add Axios on Google CIA Director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow for the first time since he assumed office. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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.
Driving the news: Ratcliffe departed Washington on Sunday and traveled on a U.S. government plane to Latvia.
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