CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly visited Moscow on Tuesday, Aug. 25, for private meetings with Russian authorities, in his first known visit to the country since taking charge of the agency.CBS News reported the visit on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter after a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. The plane flew in from Riga, Latvia, raising questions about the flight’s unusual route.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Neither Washington nor Moscow commented on the purpose of the visit or publicly identified the US official that arrived in Russia, according to CBS News.“We have no information about this,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the aircraft, adding that Russia was not planning meetings with the US administration this week.Visit comes amid stalled peace effortsRatcliffe’s alleged visit comes as US-mediated efforts to advance peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine remain stalled.Moscow continues to dismiss the prospect of a ceasefire and has yet to join the negotiating table, which Ukraine is seeking to encourage by targeting Russia’s critical oil and energy infrastructure, alongside the logistics network.According to CBS News, the CIA director has maintained contact with Russian intelligence counterparts, though it has not been confirmed whether Russian authorities had been informed of his visit in advance.