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John Morley: “People still believe that Russian diplomats are particularly crafty and clever, full of artifices and stratagems, but…”

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People still believe that Russian diplomats are particularly crafty and clever, full of artifices and stratagems, but that is not the case.
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John Morley

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Morley critiques the common perception of Russian diplomats as particularly cunning.

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