THE GUARDIAN: Boris Bondarev issues public statement saying: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’
A veteran Russian diplomat in Geneva has resigned over his country’s invasion of Ukraine in a rare political protest from within the Russian foreign policy establishment.
Boris Bondarev, a counsellor at the Russian permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, wrote in a public statement: “Never have I been so ashamed of my country.” » | Andrew Roth, Moscow correspondent | Monday, May 23, 2022