US CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks with Russian intelligence officials during his visit to Moscow, but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has said.⁣ ⁣ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had been briefed on the outcome of Ratcliffe's talks, but declined to provide further details.⁣ ⁣ Peskov said it was also too early to say whether such contacts between the two countries' intelligence agencies could help pull US-Russia relations out of what he described as a 'deep crisis'.⁣ ⁣ #us #usa #peskov #dmitrypeskov #putin #russia