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Ian Proud: Ukraine Peace Talks or Political Theatre?

2025-05-13 People & Blogs
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Ian Proud was a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. Ian was a senior officer at the British Embassy in Moscow from July 2014 to February 2019, at a time when UK-Russia relations were particularly tense. He performed a number of roles in Moscow, including as Head of Chancery, Economic Counsellor - in charge of advising UK Ministers on economic sanctions - Chair of the Crisis Committee, Director of the Diplomatic Academy for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Vice Chair of the Board at the Anglo-American School. Ian Proud's Substack: https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/ Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Top Comments (10)

@anneankaspilling 2025-05-13

I am so so fed up of Zelenskyy!

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@BB-sw1ob 2025-05-13

Putin did NOT say anything about a presidential meeting....you got that idea from the green man alone.

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@DavidGreenwood-nu6dd 2025-05-13

Euros and yanks are in complete denial

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@giselapfeifer4666 2025-05-13

Ukraine should return to a neutral status as agreed upon when becoming independent. The problem of Ukraine is not Russia but it's own corruption..!?!

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@bitsbobs8613 2025-05-13

I’m glad we have one person in the uk government that speaks the truth

43 1 replies
@Oblomovization 2025-05-13

Prof. Diesen’s calm, grounded reasoning is a sine cure to listen to.

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@humanexperience1585 2025-05-14

Britain is the heart of darkness.

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@fgb3126 2025-05-13

POLITICAL THEATRE

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@palstadshaug4933 2025-05-13

Congratulation with 100 000 professor!🎉

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@tomvlodek6377 2025-05-14

Putin never said he would go, ukraine is lucky if Lavrov shows up. Real presidents only show up after all the negotiations are done to sign the papers. Putin doesn’t have time to waste on the comic

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