Russia Ukraine war, page-126956

SMH By Perry Duffin • April 11, 2023 - 05.00am

”“The Aussie Cossack”, Simeon Boikov, was on parole for breaching a suppression order when he was told by police he was wanted after the alleged assault of a pro-Ukrainian protester.

Rather than face arrest on the eve of a planned trip to Moscow in December, he drove straight to the Russian consulate.

Now Boikov has had his main Youtube channel silenced and has urged the fearsome Wagner Group to capture Australians fighting for Ukraine so he can be traded in a prisoner swap.

If Boikov is not a useful trade, he may be forced to leave the consulate and finish his time in prison in Australia.

Only then will he be able to get on a plane to Moscow.Inside the consulate hallways, diplomatic staff keep a distance. His wife visits him each day to cook.Boikov said that “distance” is probably for everyone’s benefit.

“The Russian government ... see me as unpredictable, unhinged, uncontrolled. That’s why I have gotten away with it,” he said.


LOL! Great to see being holed up in the Russian consulate hasn't slowed him down totally...posting in the backwater of HC would be a bit of a comedown however.