Kremlin confirms CIA Moscow visit as Trump plays it down | DW News

Why did CIA Director John Ratcliffe travel to Moscow? Washington and the Kremlin are offering different signals about the secretive talks. Professor Scott Lucas explains what the visit could mean for Ukraine and US-Russia relations.
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Chapters:
00:00 Kremlin confirms CIA director’s Moscow visit
00:29 Interview Scott Lucas, professor of American studies at University College Dublin
00:51 Why the CIA director’s visit was neither routine nor semi-routine
02:04 The likely purpose of the Moscow talks
03:46 The state of US-Russia relations
04:17 The US administration is split over Ukraine
05:12 Channels of communication between the US and Ukraine
05:47 “We do have US agencies that are working with Kyiv at this critical time”
06:18 The extent of Russia’s influence on Iran

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