{"id":451584,"date":"2022-05-23T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-diplomat-to-un-resigns-over-needless-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:22:00","slug":"russian-diplomat-to-un-resigns-over-needless-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-diplomat-to-un-resigns-over-needless-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian diplomat to UN resigns over &#8216;needless&#8217; Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3940de16e97\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-diplomat-to-un-resigns-over-needless-ukraine-war\/#%E2%80%9CRussian_diplomat_to_UN_resigns_over_%E2%80%98needless_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russian diplomat to UN resigns over &#8216;needless&#8217; Ukraine war&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussian_diplomat_to_UN_resigns_over_%E2%80%98needless_Ukraine_war%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russian diplomat to UN resigns over &#8216;needless&#8217; Ukraine war&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A veteran Russian diplomat to the UN Office in Geneva resigned Monday, writing in a bombshell letter that he felt \u201cashamed\u201d to play a part in Russia\u2019s \u201cbloody, witless and absolutely needless\u201d war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Boris Bondarev, 41, who identified himself on LinkedIn as a counselor at Russia\u2019s permanent mission to the UN working on arms control, told Reuters that he arrived at work \u201clike any other Monday morning,\u201d tendered his resignation and walked right out. <\/p>\n<p>He then sent an English-language letter to foreign colleagues, explaining his potentially risky \u2014 if not unprecedented \u2014 move.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 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 Feb. 24 of this year,\u201d he wrote, referring to the date of Russia\u2019s invasion. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aggressive war unleashed by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin against Ukraine, and in fact against the entire Western world, is not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps most heinous 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,\u201d Bondarev continued. <\/p>\n<p>The ex-diplomat, whose career included previous postings in places like Cambodia and Mongolia, confirmed he handed in his resignation in a letter addressed to Ambassador Gennady Gatilov.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Russia_Ukraine_War_Diplomat_Resigns.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"According to UN officials, Boris Bondarev walked into work and immediately resigned.  \" class=\"wp-image-22375002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Russia_Ukraine_War_Diplomat_Resigns.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Russia_Ukraine_War_Diplomat_Resigns.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Russia_Ukraine_War_Diplomat_Resigns.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Russia_Ukraine_War_Diplomat_Resigns.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to UN officials, Boris Bondarev walked into work and im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely resigned. <br \/><\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI started to imagine this a few years ago but the scale of this disaster drove me to do it,\u201d he told Reuters of his decision to quit Russia\u2019s diplomatic service. <\/p>\n<p>He said he had raised his concerns about the war in Ukraine with senior embassy staff several times. \u201cI was told to keep my mouth shut in order to avoid ramifications,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview with the AP, Bondarev said his government\u2019s actions were \u201cintolerable\u201d to him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a civil servant, I have to carry a share of responsibility for that, and I don\u2019t want to do that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A covered body is seen in a residential area near Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol.\" class=\"wp-image-22375118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A covered body is seen in a residential area near Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port city of Mariupol.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Alexander Ermochenko<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People fleeing from heavy shelling board an evacuation train at Pokrovsk train station.\" class=\"wp-image-22375052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People fleeing from heavy shelling board an evacuation train at Pokrovsk train station.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Francisco Seco<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ritual workers load bodies of killed Russian soldiers to a refrigerated rail car, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues.\" class=\"wp-image-22375130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers load bodies of killed Russian soldiers in a refrigerated rail car, as Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine continues.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Vitalii Hnidyi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He expounded on this idea further in his take-no-prisoners parting letter, writing: \u201cI studied to be a diplomat and have been a diplomat for twenty years. The (Russian foreign) ministry has become my home and family. But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bondarev said he had not received any reaction yet from Russian officials, but added: \u201cAm I concerned about the possible reaction from Moscow? I have to be concerned about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if some colleagues felt the same, he added: \u201cNot all Russian diplomats are warmongering. They are reasonable, but they have to keep their mouths shut.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bondarev said he had not received any reaction yet from Russian officials.\" class=\"wp-image-22375067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bondarev said he had not received any reaction yet from Russian officials.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Boris Bondarev<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?w=762\" alt=\"A diplomat in Russia\u2019s mission to the United Nations in Geneva quit his post on Monday, expressing shame over Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-22375144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1524 1524w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1143 1143w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=762 762w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=381 381w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\"\/><figcaption>A diplomat in Russia\u2019s mission to the United Nations in Geneva quit his post on Monday, expressing shame over Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He suggested that Kremlin could choose to make an example out of him in a bid to dissuade other dissenters from following in his footsteps.  <\/p>\n<p>In his scathing statement, which he said he emailed to about 40 diplomats and others, Bondarev said those who conceived the war \u201cwant only one thing \u2014 to remain in power forever, live in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in tonnage and cost to the entire Russian Navy, enjoying unlimited power and complete impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He railed against the growing \u201clies and unprofessionalism\u201d in the Russian Foreign Ministry and slammed Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who he said in \u201c18 years, \u2026 went from a professional and educated intellectual \u2026 to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world (that is, Russia too) with nuclear weapons!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The diplomat said he emailed to about 40 diplomats and others, Bondarev said those who conceived the war &quot;want only one thing -- to remain in power forever.\" class=\"wp-image-22375085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bondarev said those who conceived the war \u201cwant only one thing \u2014 to remain in power forever.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Pavel Klimov<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-10.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Workers exhume three bodies in Buzova village to investigate alleged war crimes by Russian forces during the invasion on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv.\" class=\"wp-image-22375196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/russian-diplomat-us-resigns-10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers exhume three bodies in Buzova village to investigate alleged war crimes by Russian forces during the invasion on May 21, 2022, in Kyiv.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy. It is all about warmongering, lies and hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bondarev said he had no plans to leave Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>Hiller Neuer, executive director of the advocacy group UN Watch, called Bondarev \u201ca hero\u201d for taking a public stand against his government. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBondarev should be invited to speak in Davos this week,\u201d he added, \u201cand the U.S., the U.K. and the EU should lead the free world in creating a program to encourage more Russian diplomats to follow and defect, by providing protection, financial security and resettlement for diplomats and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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