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

I find it interesting how nationalistic machismo handicaps countries on the world stage. Refusing to negotiate and browbeating other countries might play well internally, but it wins you 0 friends to rely on later.

Glad Russia discarded diplomacy as a weapon!

This all sounds extremely familiar. Owning the libs as a show for their base of support back home.

He's really Putin democracy in a bad place.