A Russian diplomat posted to the United Nation’s workplace in Geneva has publicly resigned in protest in opposition to Moscow’s ongoing warfare in Ukraine.
In a assertion, Boris Bondarev referred to as the invasion “against the law” and a “ bloody, witless and completely unnecessary ignominy.”
“For twenty years of my diplomatic profession I’ve seen totally different turns of our overseas coverage, however by no means have I been so ashamed of my nation as on Feb. 24 this yr,” he wrote in an announcement revealed on social media.
The diplomat, who makes a speciality of arms management and disarmament, positioned blame for the warfare instantly on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Those that conceived this warfare need just one factor — to stay in energy perpetually, stay in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in tonnage and value to your entire Russian Navy,” he wrote. “To attain that they’re prepared to sacrifice as many lives because it takes. 1000’s of Russians and Ukrainians have already died.”
Bondarev additionally condemned the nation’s diplomatic service and in contrast the rhetoric of the Russian Overseas Ministry to Soviet propaganda of the Thirties.
“Immediately, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs is just not about diplomacy. It’s all about warmongering, lies and hatred. It serves pursuits of few, the only a few folks thus contributing to additional isolation and degradation of my nation,” he wrote. “Russia now not has allies, and there’s no one accountable however its reckless and ill-conceived coverage.”
Few inside Russia’s diplomatic corps have publicly spoken out in opposition to Russia’s warfare in Ukraine.
Days after the invasion befell on Feb. 24, the pinnacle of the Russian delegation at a significant United Nations local weather assembly, Oleg Anisimov, apologized “on behalf of all Russians who weren’t in a position to forestall this battle.”
An anti-war put up additionally appeared on the Instagram web page of the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh on Could 6.
“I, Consul Basic of Russia in Edinburgh, A.I. Yakovlev, categorically condemn the navy operation of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in opposition to the sovereign, unbiased authorities of Ukraine,” the put up learn. “I totally assist any help to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from EU international locations.”
Russian authorities later claimed that the web page had been hacked.
