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Cargo plane for a 'routine' visit? Top White House officials were kept in dark about CIA chief's Russia trip

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise visit to Russia this week. Ratcliffe is only the second CIA chief after William Burns to visit Russia in around four years, and his trip surprised everyone, with many speculating that he had gone to Moscow to warn Kremlin against striking a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member in Europe.