Monday, March 25, 2013

Public Diplomacy at its Best? Russian-Papuan Relations


Video, not to be missed by anyone interested in foreign relations, which raises interesting questions about a Russian official's attitudes toward the non-Western world (doubtless shared by many in the "West").

Лавров и папуасы (курьезы российской дипломатии) ([Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs] Lavrov and Papuans: Curiosities of Russian Diplomacy]

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Note: In the video, there is a double-headed Russian imperial eagle with a ... swastika in its middle. A reference perhaps explaining this insignia, unknown to me until learning about this video, can be found at (scroll down link).

Via YO on Facebook

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