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May 23 32 tweets 6 min read
BREAKING: 🇷🇺 Russia’s Counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned.

Boris Bondarev: “Never have I been so ashamed of my country.”

UN Watch is now calling on all other Russian diplomats at the United Nations—and worldwide—to follow his moral example and resign.

🧵:
"Long overdue but still. Today I resigned from Russian diplomatic service.
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." /1
"The aggressive war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine, and in fact against the entire Western world, is not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also, perhaps, the most serious crime against the people of Russia..." /2
"with a bold letter Z crossing out all hopes and prospects for a prosperous free society in our country." /3
"Those who conceived this war want only one thing - 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." /4
"Those who conceived this war want only one thing - 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." /5
"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." /6
"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." /7
"However, in most recent years, this has become simply catastrophic. Instead of unbiased information, impartial analysis and sober forecasting, there are propaganda clichés in the spirit of Soviet newspapers of the 1930s. A system has been built that deceives itself." /8
"Minister Lavrov is a good illustration of the degradation of this system. In 18 years, he went from a professional and educated intellectual, whom many my colleagues held in such high esteem..." /9
"to a person who constantly broadcasts conflicting statements and threatens the world (that is, Russia too) with nuclear weapons!" /10
"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." /11
"Russia no longer has allies, and there is no one to blame but its reckless and ill-conceived policy." /12
"I studied to be a diplomat and have been a diplomat for twenty years. The Ministry has become my home and family. But I simply cannot any longer share in this bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy." /13
And now in Russian:

Имею сказать следующее. Запоздало, но все же.
За двадцать лет работы мне доводилось наблюдать разные виражи нашей внешней политики, но никогда еще мне не было так стыдно за свою страну и свою работу, /14
как 24 февраля сего года. Развязанная Путиным агрессивная война с Украиной, а по факту со всем западным миром, /15
— не только преступление против украинского народа, но и, пожалуй, самое тяжкое преступление против народа России, которое жирной буквой Z перечеркнуло все надежды на постепенное развитие в нашей стране процветающего демократического общества. /16
Те, кто задумал эту войну, хотят только одного — остаться у власти навсегда, жить в помпезных безвкусных дворцах, плавать на яхтах, по тоннажу и стоимости сравнимых со всем Военно-Морским флотом России, /17
наслаждаясь неограниченной властью и полнейшей безнаказанностью. Ради этого они готовы принести в жертву множество жизней. Тысячи россиян и украинцев уже погибли ради этой цели. /18
К сожалению, все эти двадцать лет уровень лжи и непрофессионализма в работе МИД все время возрастал. Однако в последние годы это приобрело просто катастрофический масштаб. /19
Вместо непредвзятого информирования о происходящем, беспристрастного анализа и трезвого прогнозирования — пропагандистские клише в духе советских газет 30-х годов. Выстроена система, которая обманывает сама себя. /20
Министр Лавров — хорошая иллюстрация деградации этой системы. За 18 лет он прошёл путь от профессионала и образованного интеллектуала, на которого хотелось равняться многим сотрудникам министерства, до человека, /21
постоянно транслирующего противоречащие друг другу заявления и угрожающего миру (то есть и России тоже) ядерным оружием! /22
Сегодня МИД не занимается дипломатией. Он сеет ложь, разжигает ненависть и войну. Дипломатия обслуживает частные интересы узкого круга лиц, которые не имеют ничего общего с настоящими потребностями российского общества. /23
У России больше не осталось союзников и объяснение этому - агрессивная политика нашей страны, а не пресловутая русофобия, о которой постоянно говорят на российском телевидении. /24
Я учился на дипломата и хотел бы и дальше работать на свою страну. Но сегодня, к сожалению, оставаться на госслужбе и следовать губительному политическому курсу означает предавать свою Родину. Не хочу и не могу этого делать. В связи с этим я принял решение уволиться. /25
I salute Boris Bondarev for doing the right thing, just like Marina Ovsyannikova did on Russian TV.

Swiss police must grant him immediate protection.

He should be financially supported, and there should be a program to encourage more Russian diplomats to do the same. /26
This is best news on Russia @UNGeneva since we spearheaded its expulsion from the Human Rights Council. unwatch.org/un-watch-succe…

Emotional to receive this news from UN sources while here @OsloFF #OsloFreedomForum listening to @ekaramurza speak about her husband @vkaramurza. /27
So I asked @ekaramurza what she thought. Her comment: “I praise Boris Bondarev, Russia’s counsellor to the United Nations, on his overdue but still commendable decision to resign from the service of Putin’s deplorable government of criminals, and…” /28
“I call on other Russian diplomats worldwide to follow suit and condemn the policy aimed at destroying both Ukraine and Russia at the same time.” /29
“The war has to end, and all political prisoners, including my husband, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and hostages of Putin’s bloody regime of murderers have to be freed immediately.” /30
Evgenia recently took the floor for us at the United Nations to call for the release of her husband: unwatch.org/wife-of-impris…

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