'Never before have I been so ashamed of my country': diplomat of the Russian UN mission quit because of the war in Ukraine

Boris Bondarev, a member of the Russian diplomatic mission to the UN based in Geneva, has resigned and sent a strong letter to foreign colleagues condemning Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine, BBC reports. 41-year-old Bondarev announced his resignation in a letter to…

In the DPRK executed five diplomats because of the failed summit with the United States

The North Korean government executed the former US Nuclear Envoy and four other foreign ministry officials in March following a failed summit between the DPRK and US leaders. Kim Hyuk Chol was allegedly shot after being charged ...

In Chicago, an Israeli diplomat was pushed out of a Uber taxi because of Hebrew

In Chicago, an Israeli diplomat was kicked out of an Uber taxi after he spoke a few words in Hebrew. The 36-year-old claims that the Uber driver started cursing and pushed him out of the car on a busy highway after he heard a passenger say ...

Russia sends diplomats 23 countries

Moscow announced the introduction of mirror retaliatory measures against 23 countries that expelled Russian diplomats because of the Skripal case. “On March 30, the heads of the diplomatic missions of Australia, Albania, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway,...

Russia is preparing the expulsion of 30 US diplomats and the arrest of diplomatic property

Moscow may go to extreme measures on the issue of seized Russian diplomatic property in the United States. As a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Izvestia, it is planned to expel about 30 American diplomats and seize American property in Russia as mirror measures. ...

Russia's representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, unexpectedly died in New York

Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, died suddenly. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he died in New York the day before his 65th birthday. Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, felt bad being in the building of the Russian ...

FSB officer beats up an American diplomat outside the US embassy in Moscow

A guard in an FSB uniform attacked an American diplomat at the entrance to the US Embassy in Moscow and injured him, in particular, broke his shoulder. This was reported by The Washington Post, citing four unnamed American representatives. There was no official confirmation of this information. According to journalists, the incident took place on the morning of June 6. After the attack ...

Putin in New York: Syria and Ukraine are at stake

Serious passions flared up at the UN around Vladimir Putin's speech at the General Assembly. The main question is whether the Americans and Russians will agree to cooperate in Syria and whether they will “surrender” Ukraine. During Putin's speech, Ukrainian diplomats left the hall. The rest, contrary to the strict rules of the organization, unfurled the Ukrainian flag. ...

Russia expelled the Swedish diplomat

Russia has declared a high-ranking employee of the Swedish embassy in Moscow persona non grata. No specific charges were brought against him. According to a spokesman for the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Russia decided to expel a diplomat in response to a similar measure against a Russian who was recently declared an unwelcome person in Sweden. The Swedes suspected the exiled Russian diplomat of violating the Vienna ...

The USA and Cuba will open embassies and restore diplomatic relations

On Wednesday, the US authorities will announce an agreement with Cuba to open embassies and restore diplomatic relations that were severed more than half a century ago. According to the source, President Obama in Washington and Secretary of State Kerry, who is in Vienna for talks on the Iranian nuclear program ...

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