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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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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
Zelensky’s petulant outburst is greeted with silence in the West.
Why does Whitehall stumble from one idiotic idea to another?
The western governments are turning a blind eye once more to activity that they would never tolerate in their own countries.
More people, fewer Germans, less agency and no growth is the toxic cocktail that J D Vance has laid bare.