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
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    101 year 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      -41 year 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…