Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed.
In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to echoing the Kremlin’s aggressive rhetoric.
BBC Russian asks former diplomats, as well as ex-Kremlin and White House insiders, how Russian diplomacy broke down.
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Haven’t you heard? The West IS the world!
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Hamburgers, anyone?
Russian diplomacy is at their weakest, which is why almost every single African country sent a delegation to Moscow.
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Diplomacy isn’t just cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others, it’s having cordial relations with all nations.
Yes it is.
No it’s not.
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No one does this, though?
If that’s diplomacy, then we’re living in a world of the opposite.
I agree with this take. But very few countries follow this kind of diplomacy.
“Socialism is when multipolar sharia law.”
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Ok
Is Putin paying you per link or something?