International | Potemkin diplomacy
Russia’s friends are a motley—and shrinking—crew
They are a coalition of the failing; the Soviet Remembrance Society; and a gang of opportunists
|ANKARA, BEIJING, BUENOS AIRES, DAKAR, DELHI, JOHANNESBURG AND SÃO PAULO
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Potemkin lives”
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