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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[–] deconstruct@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

No one does this, though?

If that's diplomacy, then we're living in a world of the opposite.