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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    Diplomacy isn’t just cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others, it’s having cordial relations with all nations.

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      Diplomacy isn’t cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others

      Yes it is.

      it’s having cordial relations with all nations.

      No it’s not.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others

      You’ve literally described western diplomacy here.