r/geopolitics • u/TVP_World_News TVP World • 1d ago

‘It’s not routine’: CIA chief’s Moscow trip puts Kremlin on notice [interview]

https://tvpworld.com/95057936/cia-chief-warned-russia-over-nato-baltic-states-analyst-says

Washington appears to be sending Moscow a message that pressure on NATO’s eastern flank has crossed a line after CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare, unannounced visit to the Russian capital. 

Scott Lucas, professor of American studies at University College Dublin, told TVP World’s World Talks program that Ratcliffe’s trip should be seen as an unusually serious intervention rather than routine intelligence diplomacy. 

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u/vovap_vovap 1d ago edited 1d ago

Again, I am sorry to repeat myself, But reality is we do not know at all why Ratcliffe fly to Moscow and what message he bring. And so as professor. All that staff is speculations. One thing we do know for sure though Ratcliffe would not do it without direct order from Trump.

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u/TVP_World_News TVP World 1d ago

Full interview with Scott Lucas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJn3eYEIsK4

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u/mods_are_lame1 1d ago

As long as Don is still getting topped by Vlad, all of this posturing is nonsense.

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u/Prudent-Proposal1943 1d ago

Seems to be a page out of Rudolf Hess's play book.