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re: CIA Director Ratcliffe Flew into Moscow
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:17 pm to boosiebadazz
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:17 pm to boosiebadazz
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Not sure if true, but kind of lame if this is all it was:
Yeah, I don't think we can put much stock in anything the Iranians say. It was just last night that the Russians threatened factories in the UK that are building drones and drone parts for Ukraine with "semi-military action."
At the very least, I doubt that the Strait of Hormuz was ALL they talked about.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:19 pm to boosiebadazz
Does “press them” mean “give them something in return”? It’s either that or threaten them, which would make more sense, but, uh…
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:24 pm to BoarEd
Yeah, it ties into the German airport and what may be some sort of escalation from Russia to force Western Europe’s hand somehow.
Strait of Hormuz could have been handled by Rubio on a phone call
Strait of Hormuz could have been handled by Rubio on a phone call
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:25 pm to boosiebadazz
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Strait of Hormuz could have been handled by Rubio on a phone call
Right. Or even a Truth Social post from Trump. I would imagine it was a little more involved than threats of economic sanctions over the Strait of Hormuz. They didn't stay long, but the meeting did last for 4 hours.
And the Vatican Foreign Minister was there too.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:29 pm to BoarEd
I think Putin is scrambling and feeling domestic pressure and is looking for an escalation tactic.
It’s eerily similar to when Burns went because we saw the buildup on the border and construction of hospitals and bringing in blood supplies.
It seems our intelligence agencies are three knuckles deep into Russian military planning and/or the Kremlin.
It’s eerily similar to when Burns went because we saw the buildup on the border and construction of hospitals and bringing in blood supplies.
It seems our intelligence agencies are three knuckles deep into Russian military planning and/or the Kremlin.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:37 pm to boosiebadazz
I think this may also be about a prisoner swap.
The prisoner swap theory is apparently being reported on by Russian media. It makes me wonder if they might also be angling for an extradition of Snowden.
Snowden still being snowed-in in Russia of course.
They have two prisoners that we want back. A Charles Zimmerman and Robert Gilman.
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A viral claim says Russia's Putin, "furious" at threats from "the CIA Director," ordered her expelled and permanently shut the US Embassy after signing three secret decrees. It's false. Here's what actually happened.
The real event is significant: CIA Director John Ratcliffe (a man — the claim's basic details are wrong) made a rare, unannounced visit to Moscow on Aug. 25 — the first by a CIA chief since November 2021, months before the invasion. Far from being expelled, Putin reportedly canceled an event to receive him. No source reports any embassy closure or expulsion; those are invented.
What's true about the decrees: Putin did sign three unpublished (classified) decrees, No. 605–607. But the three published ones (608–610), shown in the screenshot circulating as "proof," are routine — a new Russian ambassador to Iraq and changes to veterans'/disability commissions. Analysts (iStories, Meduza) suggest a classified decree may be a pardon for a jailed American, pointing to a prisoner swap — de-escalation, not a rupture.
Context worth noting: the US asked Ukraine to pause strikes on Moscow during the visit, and the WSJ reports Ratcliffe may have warned Putin over intelligence that Russia is preparing a new mobilization. This is high-level back-channel diplomacy as peace talks stall — a bigger, truer story than the viral fiction
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If tweet fails to load, click here. The prisoner swap theory is apparently being reported on by Russian media. It makes me wonder if they might also be angling for an extradition of Snowden.
Snowden still being snowed-in in Russia of course.
They have two prisoners that we want back. A Charles Zimmerman and Robert Gilman.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:46 pm to BoarEd
quote:Kiev
Also, apparently Russia just launched a barrage of hypersonics at Kyiv.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:48 pm to MasterDigger
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Kiev
Seriously? They both refer to the same city and the Ukrainians themselves spell it Kyiv.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:58 pm to BoarEd
quote:But in this instance, you are discussing the city in the sphere of a Russian perspective.
Seriously? They both refer to the same city and the Ukrainians themselves spell it Kyiv.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 12:25 pm to MasterDigger
Prisoner swap is cover guys, and a shitty one but they didn’t have much time so best they can do.
Rumors all over that Putin is planning an attack on NATO, and thinking about using Tactical nukes against Ukraine.
Both terrible ideas, although it would open the door for us to use tactical nukes or our new weapon systems against Iran.
Rumors all over that Putin is planning an attack on NATO, and thinking about using Tactical nukes against Ukraine.
Both terrible ideas, although it would open the door for us to use tactical nukes or our new weapon systems against Iran.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 12:32 pm to TutHillTiger
As I just mentioned in your thread, POTUS denies it was anything to do with Iran or Russia possibly attacking NATO. He wrote it off as a "semi-regular occurrence."
It is a fact that Putin signed three classified decrees following the meeting. Russian media speculates that this may be done in the event that they are negotiating a prisoner swap, as Putin would have to pardon the prisoner first, and that would remain classified until such time that they actually swap prisoners.
Also, it could be a combination of a few different things. The meeting ran 4 hours.
It is a fact that Putin signed three classified decrees following the meeting. Russian media speculates that this may be done in the event that they are negotiating a prisoner swap, as Putin would have to pardon the prisoner first, and that would remain classified until such time that they actually swap prisoners.
Also, it could be a combination of a few different things. The meeting ran 4 hours.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 1:01 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I mean, if a country provides drones and other weapons and targeting to kill Russians, Russia's tactics are off-limits?
And if a country supplies food, or medical supplies, or transportation, are Russia's tactics off-limits?
Posted on 8/26/26 at 2:32 pm to boosiebadazz
Naaah caviar, Stole and pavlovas
Posted on 8/26/26 at 3:12 pm to roadGator
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The Russian people must drunker than your typical Arkansas fan to tolerate this number of deaths.
It’s a part of their history and culture to die for the Motherland. Granted it has been mostly people from the non-European parts of Russia, that are being sent to the frontlines. But Russian people don’t think the same way we do in the West. They don’t question their government, they just do. They’re more Asian minded than European minded.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 3:21 pm to Penrod
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And Russia was stupid to invade Ukraine. A lot of stupidity all around.
This. People on here keep saying Putin would never do anything that’s stupid or something that doesn’t make sense. It’s like they ignore the fact that he’s done nothing but stupid and senseless things for the past 5 years.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 3:46 pm to jp4lsu
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Boris Johnson flew to Ukraine a few years ago to implore Zelensky to make peace, but Zelensky was an illegitimate "leader" who was and is totally controlled by the Globalists.
KCT, I believe it was the opposite.
3-4 mnths into the war, there a peace agreement that Ukraine/Russia did on their own.
Boris and NATO came into town and said this isn't happening.
You're right. I had it backwards. It was actually even worse the way it happened, because the "leader" of Ukraine shouldn't have allowed an outsider to keep him from what he wanted to do.
But, the "leader" was Zelensky and he has strings attached to him like all puppets do.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 4:38 pm to BoarEd
Yeah the CIA director flies to private meetings with Putin at least once a month and has for what…….never.
Believe what you want or what you are told bro, or take the red pill.
Hopefully, we never know or need to know what this is about. That’s my hope and my prayer.
Believe what you want or what you are told bro, or take the red pill.
Hopefully, we never know or need to know what this is about. That’s my hope and my prayer.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 4:41 pm to TutHillTiger
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Believe what you want or what you are told bro, or take the red pill.
I didn't say I believe any of it. I'm adding information to the thread.
Personally I think it's probably a combination of several different things.
Posted on 8/26/26 at 5:23 pm to boosiebadazz
WSJ reporting
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The surprise visit by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency to Moscow this week was to deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries, according to people briefed on the visit.
Posted on 8/27/26 at 9:56 am to TutHillTiger
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Prisoner swap is cover guys, and a shitty one but they didn’t have much time so best they can do. Rumors all over that Putin is planning an attack on NATO, and thinking about using Tactical nukes against Ukraine.
here's the update: (excerpt)
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The Other Half of the Story – CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Visit to Moscow
August 26, 2026 | Sundance
Western media are reporting that CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow, Russia, to warn his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), about striking back against Baltic states. {CITATION}
However, that’s only half of the story. Director Ratcliffe wasn’t simply telling Naryshkin not to hit back; he was telling Naryshkin that European NATO provocations against the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (between Poland and Lithuania) were not ‘fully’ sanctioned by the United States.
EU NATO members have been conducting provocative military operations and psychological warfare via NATO exercises all around Kaliningrad. They have been getting more aggressive with each series of maneuvers. The Trump administration (DoW) recently removed the head of U.S-NATO operations over this background strategy. What the western media will not tell us is that Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commander of the Army’s V Corps, was removed from command over this planned operation {citation Aug 7}.
Apparently, European NATO is increasingly trying to provoke expanded conflict with Russia, while President Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe attempt to tamp down the problems being created. This is all connected to the expanded drone activity recently reported in media (Germany – Leipzig airport and Romania citations}, which looks increasingly like covert Ukraine intelligence operations.
There are some reports that western intelligence linked Russia to the Leipzig airport drone, so perhaps Director Ratcliffe also carried that intelligence message.
The bottom line is there’s a lot of sketchy ‘fog of war’ stuff happening, and U.S. intelligence has a responsibility to the Trump administration to try and contain any significant issues involving escalation. Hence, Ratcliffe’s message saying we are not trying to provoke you, so don’t put us in a situation where we end up defending NATO because you retaliate against all of this activity happening outside Ukraine’s borders.
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