WSJ: CIA Director Warned Putin In Moscow

The Kremlin has received a clear message.

The Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe made an unexpected visit to Moscow this week to warn Vladimir Putin against attacking NATO countries due to the stalemate in the war against Ukraine, according to informed sources The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Politico. In particular, according to them, the discussion centered on the unacceptability of aggression against Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which border Russia.

Prior to this, WSJ sources, citing U.S. intelligence, said that Russia might attempt to “test NATO’s resolve” and carry out a “limited attack” on one of the alliance’s member states. According to U.S. officials, this could take the form of a cyberattack or a “small-scale ground incursion” into one of the Baltic states. WSJ sources noted that Moscow might take such actions amid a shortage of ammunition in Western countries, which has arisen due to the wars in Ukraine and Iran. In addition to the warning about aggression against NATO, the CIA director, according to Politico, cautioned Putin against providing military and economic support to Iran.

U.S. and Russian authorities did not report on the results of Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Putin did not meet with the CIA director and that all contacts took place at the intelligence agency level. U.S. President Donald Trump called Ratcliffe’s visit “partly routine.” However, upon his return to Washington, the CIA director attended a closed-door meeting between Trump and his national security team, which was also attended by Pentagon chief Pete Hagseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane. The meeting lasted about three hours.

Former CIA Director William Burns visited Moscow in November 2021. At that time, he met with Russian officials, including Nikolai Patrushev, who was then Secretary of the Security Council, and Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. He also spoke with Putin by phone. According to CNN, the discussion centered on “the movement of Russian troops” along the border with Ukraine. Burns stressed that an invasion of a neighboring country was unacceptable, but Putin started the war anyway.

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