Europe Skeptical CIA Moscow Trip Was to Warn Off Baltic Attack
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world European officials are confident that there is no evidence to suggest Russia is preparing for a conventional attack on NATO or a Baltic state, pushing back on reports that might have been the main subject of CIA Director John Ratcliffe ’s visit to Moscow this week. Topics on the visit would likely have included ending the war against Ukraine, reaffirming the strength of NATO’s Article 5 commitment in the face of a potential attack, and the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world European officials are confident that there is no evidence to suggest Russia is preparing for a conventional attack on NATO or a Baltic state, pushing back on reports that might have been the main subject of CIA Director John Ratcliffe ’s visit to Moscow this week. Topics on the visit would likely have included ending the war against Ukraine, reaffirming the strength of NATO’s Article 5 commitment in the face of a potential attack, and the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.