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CIA Director made a surprise visit to Moscow to deliver a warning to the Kremlin

The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, made a surprise visit to Moscow to warn Russian authorities about any action against Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, NATO member countries that border Russia. The visit, reported by Politico, comes in a context of growing tensions between the West and Russia.

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CIA Director went to Moscow to deliver war warning

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There are 21 schools that have been getting very high grades for eight consecutive years

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