bondarev should know how to protect himself and his people, communicating with the voice of america, bondarev confirmed that he fears for his safety , because during putin's rule, several thousand citizens living abroad were killed, although moscow denied involvement in their death from new york iryna solomko henry ridshevel america's voice of russia's war against ukraine istanbul has become a neutral platform for diplomatic efforts turkey's position largely coincides with the western allies in supporting kyiv, but istanbul is not burning bridges with moscow either turkey is also alone it is one of the few countries where russian planes are still flying, so this country has turned into an attractive destination for russians , voice of america correspondent dorian johnson tells us. who seek to avoid both the consequences of economic sanctions and potential repressions by putin , says kateryna lisonova, for security purposes, we call our hero andre by his real name. today he is drinking tea with his friend, also a fugitive from russia. andre flew to istanbul last month when i heard abo

we must keep in mind that boris bondarev _ themselves.in mind that boris bondarev is not - themselves. we must keep in mind that boris bondarev is not the - themselves. we must keep in mind that boris bondarev is not the most senior official of the russian mission. he's not the ambassador or the deputy representative or the first counsellor. he's a counsellor, but still, he's on the diplomatic staff there. so, this is an embarrassment for the kremlin, but i thought his last answer was quite interesting because he admits he is in the minority, he admits that most officials in the foreign ministry support to the government on the special military operation, so i don't think the russian authorities will be too bothered by this resignation. steve rosenberg, our russian editor. in news out of the uk, the british prime minister, borisjohnson, stands accused — again — of lying about events during lockdown in the uk. new images have emerged of the british prime minister drinking at a gathering in downing street on 13 november 2020. a week before

our russia editor, steve rosenberg, spoke to mr bondarev on the phone in an exclusive interview.tormed out. he launched a scathing assault on the kremlin, saying on social media he's never been so ashamed of his country, of the aggressive war unleashed by putin against ukraine, and against the entire western world. he said it was not only a crime against the ukrainian people, but also the people of russia. i managed to get through to mr bondarev on the telephone and he told me more about why he decided to resign from the russian foreign ministry. i strongly disagree and disapprove of what my government is doing since february, and i don't want to be associated with it any longer. how difficult a decision was it? you know, it wasn't a decision like to do or not to do, it was just to do and when. so, i don't see any alternative. are you worried about your safety after taking such a decision? well, i think i may say so. how shocked where you buy what has happened after february the 24th by this offensive in ukraine? oh, i was shocked. any normal person would have been. the first new

that was our russian editor steve rosenberg speaking to boris bondarev in an exclusive interview.yo, holding a meeting with the so—called quad countries. in the last half hour, the us president took a family photo with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. ahead of the meeting, they each gave a short statement. my government is committed to working with your countries, and we are committed to the quad. the new australian government's why it is aligned with the quad agenda —— priorities, aligning on climate change and building a stronger indo asian region through better economy, better cyber security, and better environmental and health security. 0ur cooperation is built on the values that we share. a commitment to representative democracy, the rule of law and the right to live in peace.— rule of law and the right to live in peace. prime minister kushida, _ live in peace. prime minister kushida, i— live in peace. prime minister kushida, i want _ live in peace. prime minister kushida, i want to _ live in peace. prime minister kushida, i want to commend live in peace. pr

that was our russian editor steve rosenberg speaking to boris bondarev in an exclusive interview. so—called pa rtygate controversy, as new photographs have emerged of the prime minister, borisjohnson, drinking at a gathering in downing street during a coronavirus lockdown. the images, obtained by itv news, have sparked further accusations that the prime minister has been lying over his version of events, as our political editor chris mason reports. it's the 13th of november 2020, the country is in lockdown, and this is what was happening in downing street. look at these pictures, obtained by itv news. the prime minister raising a glass, holding forth, bottles littering a table as a senior colleague is given a send—off. and the rules at the time — no person may leave or be outside of the place where they are living without reasonable excuse. we now know there were two gatherings in number 10 that night. borisjohnson was asked about one of them in the commons six months ago. will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? p

that was our russian editor steve rosenberg speaking to boris bondarev in an exclusive interview.s how president biden characterised the status of the so—called quad countries, compared to the likes of russia and china, in his opening comments in tokyo. the quad is made up of australia, japan, india, as well as the us. ahead of the meeting, they all reaffirmed their commitment to the alliance. my government is committed to working with your countries, and we are committed to the quad. the new australian government's priorities align with the quad agenda. taking action on climate change and building a stronger and more resilient indo pacific region, through better economic security, better cyber security, better cyber security, better cyber security, better energy security, better energy security and better environmental and health security. 0ur cooperation is built on the values that we share, a commitment to representative democracy, the rule of law and the right to live in peace. i was once asked by the leader of china — i was once asked by the leader of china why a cap talking

steve: bondarev is not the most senior official at the russian mission in geneva, but still, he is onmatic staff. this is an embarrassment. he admits most officials in the government ministry support the government on special military operations. i do not think russian authities will be too bothered by this resignation. >> now, some comments made by joe biden. he is in japan visiting region allies. here he is with the japanese prime minter, but his comments are about taiwan. taiwan is off the coast of mainland china and behaves like an independent state, but beijing sees it part of china china once to reunited with the mainland -- china wants to reunite it with the mainland, if necessary by force. >> are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? >> y. that is the commitment we made. we agree with a one china policy. we signed on to it. but is the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate. it would dislocate the entire region and be another action silar to what happened in ukraine. >> that was president biden saying the u.s. would int

my younger brother, my own ruslan igorevich bondarev, was a witness.pses of the military in uniform, the city water canal and the tractor were taken here. my brother was working at the gorvodokanal, and a friend of mine saw a tractor there and asked what they would be digging? uh, they said there would be a mass grave. here. he asked you. is he telling the truth, well, now you 'll see, uh, they dug a ditch. and they began to bring corpses with gazelles. one of the neighbors next door . came out and said what are you doing? i'm talking here peaceful people women. old children. after that, several shots were fired before that. he asked says. are you living here? yes, i go, well, he shot him in the head, did and said. live bitch on here now again with his foot left. and here is another witness of atrocities and humanity, tatyana ivanovna, the hero of labor lives in a village near azov in steel. sun, they did all this, the azov people, they came this azov commander, why are you komashevich? i'm in the basement. she climbs out of there, but i can't, i haven

boris bondarev stepped down monday from russia's mission to the united nations in geneva, writing in a scathing email to his colleagues that he's never been so ashamed of his country. his resignation letter read in part -- "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. to achieve that they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes," the russian official boris bondarev wrote. pfizer reported monday three smaller-sized doses of its covid 19 vaccine were safe and effective at preventing symptomatic illness in children under the age of five. pfizer's announcement came as it prepared to submit a request for emergency use of its pediatric vaccine for children as young as six months old. approval could come after the fda convenes a panel of independent vaccine experts on june 15 when the agency will also consider moderna's application for emergency use of its vaccine in young children. the u.s. c

boris bondarev, a counsellor at russia's mission to the united nations in geneva, said he's never beenore ashamed of russia as when it sent its troops across the border. the leaders ofjapan, the united states, india and australia are meeting in tokyo. discussions among the group — known as the quad — are expected to include how to address china's growing power in the indo—pacific region. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, the team re—visits the cambodian temple complex of angkor wat, to see how the area's hoping to recover, now that borders have reopened. this week on the travel show — waiting for the backpackers�* return... we have beautiful temples and a lot of beautiful places around cambodia. so it is something that they should come and have a look in their lifetime. ..following my nose in amsterdam... oh, it's very — it's lovely! yeah! ..it smells likejust a really good air freshener! ..and we go inside the world's largest crystal cave. hello and welcome to amsterdam, the famous city of canals. a little later, i'll be sniffing my way around town to find out about new eff

bondarev did not just write everything.ak, it is an opinion where he said everything . fools but commit crimes and he worked switzerland switzerland this is an extremely specific country and we understand that he was mysterious extremely powerful various financial frauds and when he will now find himself in another so to speak office on the other side of the barricade yes, i think that the united states and the financial intelligence of european countries will be replenished with very interesting information cases, we will monitor this, he adores analytics from borkovsky, and for now , defense express expert valery ryabykh is in touch with us p valery, we welcome you slava glory to the heroes of ukraine. i congratulate you. we actually have three months of war. what can i say? on this account, we managed to surprise the whole world. we managed to surprise our enemies. summarize, please. if there is such an opportunity in short, these three months, what have we come to today, uh, for today, it can be stated that the blitzkri

boris bondarev, a counsellor at russia's mission to the united nations in geneva, said he's never been more ashamed of russia as when it sent its troops across the border. the leaders ofjapan, the united states, india and australia are meeting in tokyo. the quad — as they're called — are discussing how best to address china's growing power in the indo—pacific region. they are also considering joint responses to russia over the war in ukraine. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin's ukraine invasion has presented nato with its greatest challenge in a generation. at nato hq, they claim support for ukraine has unified and reinvigorated the alliance to the point where sweden and finland urgently want tojoin. in kyiv, the message is different. nato, they say, has done little or nothing to help. my guest is nato secretary—general jens stoltenberg. are internal divisions undermining nato's ukraine response? secretary—general jens stoltenberg, at nato headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me, stephen. it's a ple

losses will continue to increase . soldiers have never been so ashamed of their country , boris bondarev, russia's advisor to the un in geneva, wrote this in his resignation letter. he condemned russia's war in ukraine and criticized in his statement, he noted the kremlin's policy in his 20 years of work, he observed russia's foreign policy, but what is happening now makes him ashamed of the cooper. he also criticized the work of his foreign minister and his head, lavrov. they say that the minister has gone from a professional to a person who threatens nuclear weapons in 18 years. contradictory statements and the russian foreign ministry does not engage in diplomacy but sows lies and incites hatred instead of the traditional russian house, such a house of war crimes of russia was opened this year at the world economic at the forum in davos, due to the war in ukraine, russia will not be at the forum for the first time, instead, the war in ukraine, the global food crisis and energy security will be the main topics of discussion, while art is an illustration of russian aggression, the expos

borders, according to the head of the federation council committee on defense and security viktor bondarevsures will be taken if the scandinavian country still joins nato. meanwhile, the alliance is going to expand on the southern flank with details . . on the blue carpet in the colors of nato, the foreign ministers of the countries of the alliance went to discuss the expansion of the military bloc, the secretary general, stoltenberg, got sick in quarantine coronavirus, but the statement still made it clear that finland's membership of sweden is important. you provided us with security guarantees, including an increase in the military presence of the alliance in the baltic region that finland decided to finally abandon neutrality, the president of the country said. at the same time, he admitted that the threat from russia is not observed. i don't think they were planning attacks on finland not then, not now, but helsinki and stockholm's firmness doesn't work, they are literally being driven. their military bloc the armed forces are already to a very large extent integrated into nato. they

russia's senior diplomat to geneva — boris bondarev — has resigned.aid his employer, russia's foreign ministry, is about war mongering, life and hatred. the bbc�*s steve rosenberg asked bondarev in a phone call earlier if his colleages at the foreign ministry share his feelings about the war. i think most people, the majority of them, are following the propaganda and what their superiors tell them. you know, when you work in the ministry, you work in a hierarchy, so you must obey what your superior tells you. and for many years, any critical dissent has been erased from the ministry, mostly. here's steve rosenberg. we must keep in mind that boris bondarev is the most senior official, right, at the russian mission in geneva? he isa he is a counsellor but still he is on the diplomatic staff there, so this is an embarrassment. he admits that most officials in the foreign ministry support the government line on the special military operation, so i don't think the russian authorities will be too bothered by this resignation. now we're going to talk about s

announced by the head of the committee on defense and security of the federation council, viktor bondareve . made the final decision and officially applies for membership in nato, they assured that the decision is not directed against anyone, it will also strengthen northern europe, the european union, and open up new opportunities for cooperation, roskomnadzor the russian service for supervision in the field of communications and information technologies has blocked 25 more sites for russians, in particular those that reported at least some news about the war with ukraine . the website прогибшие пленные украина.com covered the russian invasion of ukraine since the beginning of the large-scale war, the russian authorities have already blocked many ukrainian websites so that russians could not learn the truth about the situation political scientists have already called such restrictions pressure on the media ukraine , thanks to the help of international partners, is gradually increasing the export of grain, even in spite of russia blocking all our sea ports, so in april it was possible to

according to the head of the committee of the federation council on defense and security of viktor bondarevres will be taken if the country still joins nato the alliance, meanwhile, is going to expand on the southern flank with details , was quarantined, got sick with a coronavirus, but made a statement anyway . uh, it's obvious that the membership of finland and sweden is important to us. we will provide security guarantees, including an increase in military the presence of the alliance in the baltic region that finland decided to finally abandon neutrality, the president said. at the same time, he admitted that the threat from russia is not observed. i don't think they were planning attacks on finland not then, not now, but helsinki and stockholm are failing , they are literally driven by the military bloc. their armed forces are already very much integrated into nato. they fully meet the standards. alliance, these countries are already participating in missions. nato, their reception will further strengthen our ranks. they are practically members of nato, even though they do not yet have

boris bondarev, a counsellor at russia's mission to the united nations in geneva, said he's never beenore ashamed of russia as when it sent its troops across the border. new photographs have emerged of prime minister, borisjohnson, drinking at a gathering in downing street during a coronavirus lockdown. the images, obtained by itv news, are the latest in the so—called partygate controversy, prompting further accusations that the prime minister has been lying over his version of events. now on bbc news, "addiction: the road to recovery". cocaine is a... ..devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it's the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me because i'd feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health

russia effort is grouping of troops on the border, if finland joins nato , viktor bondarev, head of the federation council committee on defense and security, warned about this. in the meantime, the alliance continues to expand together with finland, decided to join the military bloc, sweden the united states warns possible members all who join the alliance are obliged to purchase equipment and the expression in washington and the price of everything the united states will set themselves the theme will be continued by maria skorodilka. american supermarkets the number of thefts, people are growing there they steal food and expensive things for a crime, they say, inflation also pushes them. she broke records forty years ago. having reached almost ten percent, most americans are confident and the country is going somewhere wrong, biden's rating has become even lower and this is the worst indicator of support for the authorities since 2008. it seems that our democrats are in big trouble, as our tv channel poll showed 75% of americans are sure that the us is not moving in the right direction

boris bondarev posted the statement online, saying the war was a crime not only against ukraine's peoplescow editor steve rosenberg. really incredible criticisms here with very outspoken language. he with very outspoken language. hie: does not with very outspoken language. hie does not mince his words. this is rare because in the three months since vladimir putin lost what he is still calling a special military operation in ukraine, there have been very few signs of open dissent and russian state institutions. but today this diplomat and the russian mission to the un in geneva comes out and only does he resign but he basically storms out of the foreign ministry with this scathing attack on the kremlin. he said russia possibly offensive in ukraine runs an aggressive war unleashed by vladimir putin against ukraine and the entire western world. such strong words and a letter on i manage to get through to him on the phone and he explained a little bit more about why he had decided to resign. i a little bit more about why he had decided to resign.— decided to resign. i strongly disauree decid

boris bondarev posted a statement condemning russian leaders for the invasion and says that for 0 ye20olicy but never have i been so ashamed of my country. those who conceive this war want only one thing, to remain in power forever, live in pompous tasteless palaces, sail on yachts comparable in ton think and a cost to the entire russian navy and enjoy unlimited power and complete immunity. to achieve that, they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes. pretty extraordinary statement. about opposition inside russia, that is a brave position. >>> and a brief con grecon gregl career now on the end of an ethics probe. >>> and inappropriate comments directed at a black mlb player. details ahead in t the "bleache report." ♪ crossed the desert's bare, man. ♪ ♪ i've breathed the mountain air, man. ♪ ♪ of travel i've had my share, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere. ♪ ♪ i've been to: pittsburgh, parkersburg, ♪ ♪ gravelbourg, colorado, ♪ ♪ ellensburg, cedar city, dodge city, what a pity. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere. ♪ more knowing

boris bondarev, a diplomat to the missions in united nations in geneva, posted this statement on linkedinears i've seen different foreign policy and never have i ever been so ashamed of my country. for those who live in pompous tasteless and sail in yachts limited to the russian navy. and enjoin power and complete impunity. to achieve that, they're willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes. joining me the ceo of hermitage capital bill browder, he's the author of the new book "freezing order, a true story of money laundering and surviving vladimir putin's wrath." bill, how significant is this? is it a one-off or something more in your view? >> well, i mean, this is a guy who is saying the king's not wearing a clothes. the words that he -- that you just read out from his post is exactly what's happening. the reason why this -- why this is happening is because putin wants to stay in power. the fact that he's done it, first of all, is very brave. secondly, it sets a standard for what -- if the oligarchs ever want to come in from the cold, they have to say things like this. and hopefully,

boris bondarev says the ministry of foreign affairs has been marked with lies and unprofessionalism that'screasing during his 20 years of service. now he says he needs to be able to look at himself in the mirror. this as president zelenskyy calls for additional military support as he says russian forces have 20 times the firepower in the donbas region. meanwhile, the west doubling down on military aid. the u.s. saying that 20 nations have committed to new security assistance packages to aid ukraine in its fight against the russian onslaught. >> many countries are donating critically needed artillery ammunition, coastal defense systems and tanks and other armored vehicles. >> reporter: a military chaplain recording these videos driving through donbas as shelling goes off. the renewed russian offensive in the donbas leaving parts of the country devastated. when you hear the sound of the siren drifting through towns and villages around the country, and it's not just military targets that are being hit, but increasingly civilian ones causing loss of home and a loss of life. we spoke with a gro

this is such a home-made museum of sergei bondarev, he built everything himself from old materials thatr 100 years old. the fact that potters work in the yard adds the same amount to the atmosphere. yes, and sergey pavlovich himself is not, he takes a muddy show how nails were made in the old days. here are the locals. residents. cossacks, there is everything and made from wood by the artist to order especially for the museum. well, timofey kazakh, timofeyka moved to a scooter. well, progress is being made. a home museum can also turn out if you are just fond of collecting, like dmitry grenadiers, two floors of his apartment are filled with exhibits to the ceiling literally, like a selection of computer boards for you, and this is far from the most interesting apparatus of the investigative committee, which evidence photographed. everything is lined up here, but just designed for film cameras. the radio operator’s corner of the climber’s room of the game consoles, the restroom with a collection of bad films and even the stalker’s wall exhibits of the soviet times from the nineties are b