24-05-2022, 02:56 PM
A Russian with the guts to speak against Putin & his war on Ukraine. I hope all his family is safely out of Putin's reach. He's apparently not the first to resign but is the highest level diplomat to do so & the only one to make it public.
I hope some country offers such a brave man asylum - just NOT Australia, since the world knows how they treat asylum seekers. Perhaps we could do it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/m...e-invasion
"A veteran Russian diplomat in Geneva has resigned over his countryÔÇÖs invasion of┬áUkraine┬áin 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: ÔÇ£Never have I been so ashamed of my country.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy,ÔÇØ wrote the diplomat, a 20-year veteran of the Russian foreign ministry. ÔÇ£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."
I hope some country offers such a brave man asylum - just NOT Australia, since the world knows how they treat asylum seekers. Perhaps we could do it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/m...e-invasion
"A veteran Russian diplomat in Geneva has resigned over his countryÔÇÖs invasion of┬áUkraine┬áin 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: ÔÇ£Never have I been so ashamed of my country.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not about diplomacy,ÔÇØ wrote the diplomat, a 20-year veteran of the Russian foreign ministry. ÔÇ£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."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)