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 Western diplomats, as well as ex-Kremlin and White House insiders, how Russian diplomacy broke down.
September 03, 2023
By Editors Desk