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Propaganda changed my father鈥檚 mind about Putin
A former Russian diplomat who quit his job over the invasion of Ukraine has told 麻豆社 News about how the war has divided his family.
On the first day of the Russian mobilisation, Boris Bondarev鈥檚 75-year-old father went along to be drafted.
My father 鈥渋s an example of how propaganda works鈥�, Mr Bondarev told Hardtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur, recalling how his father was once much more sceptical of President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Bondarev worked at the UN offices in Geneva on arms control and is the only Russian diplomat who has publicly resigned since the start of the war. He is now living in exile under the protection of the Swiss government.
