Boris Bondarev - the Russian diplomat who faced Putin (News 2023, by Mark Henley) - Swiss Press Award
Mark Henley
Boris Bondarev, (in grey suit and glasses), Russian diplomat in Geneva who resigned in protest against the war in Ukraine. Photographed in a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, 'Open-ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats', 12 days earlier.
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2023
Mark Henley
The only known photo of Boris Bondarev at work as a diplomat in Geneva, taken shortly before he surprised the world by publicly opposing Putin's war in Ukraine, and resigning. The story and photo went around the world - both officially, and stolen many times. It was also published widely in Switzerland.
