{"id":1488446,"date":"2022-05-23T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488446"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:30:19","slug":"top-un-russia-diplomat-quits-over-opposition-to-ukraine-war-slams-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-un-russia-diplomat-quits-over-opposition-to-ukraine-war-slams-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Top UN Russia Diplomat Quits Over Opposition to Ukraine War, Slams Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-un-russia-diplomat-quits-over-opposition-to-ukraine-war-slams-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A Russian diplomat reportedly has resigned from his post in opposition to the &#8220;aggressive war unleashed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[President Vladimir] Putin<\/a> against Ukraine&#8221; and the &#8220;warmongering, lies and hatred&#8221; coming from the country\u2019s foreign ministry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Boris Bondarev\u2019s resignation letter was published by U.N. Watch, which describes itself as a &#8220;non-profit organization dedicated to holding the United Nations accountable to its founding principles.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My name is Boris Bondarev, in the MFA of Russia since 2002, since 2019 until now \u2014 Counsellor of the Russian Mission to the UN Office at Geneva,&#8221; he reportedly wrote. &#8220;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.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/e49954d9-Vladimir-Putin.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Monday, May 23.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Monday, May 23.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bondarev said on that date, the war unleas<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">h<\/a>ed by Putin &#8220;and in fact against the entire Western world, is not only a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime against the Ukrainian people<\/a>, 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.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/ukraine-war-crimes-trial-russian-soldier-sentenced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>UKRAINE WAR CRIMES TRIAL: RUSSIAN SOLDIER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING CIVILIAN<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who conceived this war want 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,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To achieve that they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes. Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have already died just for this.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Sergei-Lavrov.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Bondarev also criticized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, shown here in the center, writing \" in 18=\"18\" years \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Bondarev also criticized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, shown here in the center, writing &#8220;in 18 years, he went from a professional and educated intellectual, whom many of my colleagues held in such high esteem, to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world (that is, Russia too) with nuclear weapons!\u00a0&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Russian Foreign Ministry)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bondarev also said &#8220;I regret to admit that over all these twenty years the level of lies and unprofessionalism in the work of the Foreign Ministry has been increasing all the time.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy. It is all about warmongering, lies and hatred. It serves interests of few, the very few people thus contributing to further isolation and degradation of my country,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia no longer has allies<\/a>, and there is no one to blame but its reckless and ill-conceived policy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Russia-tank.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Maksym, 3, is photographed with his brother, Dmytro, 16, on top of a destroyed Russian tank, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 8.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Maksym, 3, is photographed with his brother, Dmytro, 16, on top of a destroyed Russian tank, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 8.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP\/Emilio Morenatti)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I studied to be a diplomat and have been a diplomat for twenty years. The Ministry has become my home and family,&#8221; Bondarev concluded. &#8220;But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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