Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but "putting Westerners in their place", say ex-Kremlin insiders.

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.

  • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world
    113·
    10 months ago

    Lol. I accepted 2/3 of your links but I reject the idiocy of CATO so I am biased!? Lol

    Have a nice day.

    • OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml
      47·
      10 months ago

      You didn’t indicate so. You just laid out a claim on thin air and then went ahead to deny all I said. So…