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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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ah yes, Russian diplomacy is so weak that pretty much all of the world outside the west is aligned with Russia

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't you heard? The West IS the world!

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Hamburgers, anyone?

[–] deconstruct@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 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.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

cozying up to nations that are your friends and and insulting others

You've literally described western diplomacy here.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago

No one does this, though?

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

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I agree with this take. But very few countries follow this kind of diplomacy.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Russian diplomacy is at their weakest, which is why almost every single African country sent a delegation to Moscow.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

You gotta remember though, people who claim that Russia is isolated are the same people who were outraged that Russia started a war in a country where people have blue eyes and blond hair.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Socialism is when multipolar sharia law."

Karl "not Lenin enough for Stalin" Marx

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago

Is Putin paying you per link or something?