Threats, insults, and Kremlin ‘robots’: How Russian diplomacy died under Putin
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…
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