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Threats, insults, and Kremlin 'robots': How Russian diplomacy died under Putin

2023-09-03 07:56
Russian diplomacy is no longer about co-operation but "putting Westerners in their place", say ex-Kremlin insiders.
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...