Why I quit as a Russian diplomat to the United Nations
From our UK edition
My name is Boris Bondarev, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia since 2002, since 2019 until now — Counsellor of the Russian Mission to the UN Office at Geneva. For twenty years of my diplomatic career I have seen different turns of our foreign policy, but never have I been so ashamed of my country as on February 24 of this year. The aggressive war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine, and in fact against the entire western world, is not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps, the most serious crime against the people of Russia, with a bold letter Z crossing out all hopes and prospects for a prosperous free society in our country. Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy.
