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

Because modern diplomacy says to be nice to your allies and not nice to your enemies? That's why the US keeps on throwing sanctions at China.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sure, sure. But China is not full "I will nuke you!" with the U.S. I don't even like the Chinese government. But their diplomacy is better than the Russian one. That's all my point.