Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s arrival in Moscow on Tuesday, August 25, was connected to contacts between the intelligence services of the two countries.
A U.S. military Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft carrying Ratcliffe landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport at approximately 10:04 a.m. Moscow time.

Ratcliffe’s schedule in Moscow
Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow to hold meetings. The people he was due to meet were not identified.
Peskov said the visit was connected to contacts between the intelligence services but provided no further details about the content of the meetings.