Deal, warning or spy swap? What Russian media are saying about the CIA chief’s Moscow visit
From a secret Ukraine package to captured spies and nuclear fears, Russian outlets have turned John Ratcliffe’s brief visit into the summer’s biggest geopolitical mystery.
...Secrecy, however, abhors a vacuum – especially when the CIA is involved. In just three days, Russian media had sent Ratcliffe to Moscow with a new Ukraine plan, a warning about strikes on NATO weapons plants, and a scenario for nuclear war in the Middle East. Inside the C-17’s cargo hold, they imagined secret equipment, detained intelligence officers, and a mysterious “package” too sensitive to entrust to a phone line...
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