The CIA Director warned Russia to reduce assistance to Iran and not to attack NATO: why the US specifically mentioned Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The CIA Director warned Russia not to attack NATO during a rare visit to Moscow on August 25. New data shows: the main focus was on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and the second sensitive topic was Russian assistance to Iran.

Author: Pavel Shveiko

Moscow, Russia — August 25, 2026. CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russia not to attack NATO during an unannounced visit to the Russian capital. Moreover, a detail that was not known in the first hours after the trip is now revealed: the American side was not talking about an abstract 'NATO in general.' According to Politico, the main focus was on three specific countries — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Simultaneously, Ratcliffe demanded that Moscow reduce military and economic support to Iran.

This significantly changes the understanding of the whole story.

As of August 26, it was only possible to confidently talk about the fact of the rare trip by the director of American foreign intelligence, contacts with Russian special services, and the existence of a new American assessment of the NATO threat. Now several American media independently report: the warning about NATO was indeed one of the tasks of the visit. ABC News…

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