For Vyacheslav Dolgov · 24 Sept 2026
okay so this is a strange one to comment on because I never really followed Russian diplomacy, I picked up a used book years ago about the Soviet collapse for a work project (international trade stuff, long story) and his name kept showing up as the ambassador to Australia right when everything was falling apart in 1990, and I remember thinking, imagine being the guy who has to represent a country that's disappearing underneath you while you're still posted there. anyway I looked him up tonight after seeing this and he was 89, taught for twenty years after all that. just strange to feel something for someone you only ever met through a footnote in a library book. edit: fixed the year, it was August 1990 not 1991 like I first typed.
