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Ian Proud
Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 to February 2019 Ian was posted to the British Embassy in Moscow. He was also Director of the Diplomatic Academy for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Anglo-American School of Moscow.
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Perhaps Merz might consider a negotiated end to the conflict, rather than more empty sabre-rattling that he cannot deliver upon.
No wonder Russia is promoting an alternative, Ian Proud writes.
Perché Cina, Russia e persino Israele prevalgono sulle pressioni esterne e cosa significa questo per la politica estera occidentale
Left out in the cold by Trump on the Ukraine peace process
Sovereignty will always trump collective decision making, Ian Proud writes.
Russia will keep fighting, Ukraine will lose all of the Donbass and Europe will pay the price
Zelensky should stop playing to the international press gallery in the hope that Russia cancels
Western media reporting of Victory Day in Moscow invariably lacks historical context and is usually offensive.
Feeding the Ukrainian dogs of war will only prolong the needless suffering for the poor innocent people caught in the crossfire.
Stop twisting history to create bogus links between Russia and Nazi Germany