Russian diplomat to UN resigns with LinkedIn broadside at 'warmongering' Moscow – The National

Live updates: follow the latest news on Russia-UkraineA veteran Russian diplomat at the UN has quit in protest at the invasion of in Ukraine, with an outspoken letter criticising the “aggressive war unleashed” by President Vladimir Putin.Boris Bondarev told diplomatic colleagues: “Never have I been so ashamed of my country.”The counsellor at Moscow’s mission to the UN in Geneva wrote in a letter to around 40 colleagues that he was leaving after 20 years in the diplomatic service, decrying Russia’s invasion of its Western neighbour. He also published the letter on his LinkedIn profile, beginning “Enough is enough” and signing off with the line: “Jobs offers are welcome.”The resignation amounts to a rare — if not unprecedented — public admission of disgruntlement about Russia’s war in Ukraine among the Russian diplomatic corps.Mr Putin’s government has sought to crack down on dissent over the invasion and sought to quell narratives that contradict the government line about how the “special military operation” — as it’s officially known in Russia — is proceeding.In the letter, he condemned “the aggressive war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine and in fact against the entire western world”.This, he said, was “not only a crime against the Ukrainian…
Read More