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The Hardest Job in Russia ?€” Being NATO's Envoy


Meet Robert Pszczel, a former Polish diplomat who now heads NATO's Information Office in Moscow — an outpost intended to serve as a beachhead for mutual understanding between former Cold War adversaries. But amid the crisis in Ukraine, Pszczel has been met with record level hostilities on state television talk shows. The Moscow Times sat down to talk with him about the evolution of anti-NATO propaganda in Russia, and prospects for future cooperation and understanding.

Read more: Q&A: The Hardest Job in Russia — Being NATO's Envoy

Thumbnail photo by Pascal Dumont / MT

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