Monday 9 May 2022 05:44 AM Simeon Boikov: Vladimir Putin's #1 Aussie fan hosts tacky pro-Russia party on ... trends now
Vladimir Putin's biggest Australian supporter has held an audacious pro-Russia party on Sydney Harbour where he pokes fun at Ukranian soldiers facing death in Mariupol.
Simeon Boikov's flag-waving soiree to celebrate the Soviet Union's victory against the German Nazis in World War II was attended by Russian loving bikies, diplomats and his glamorous wife Katia.
On a boat decked out with hammer and sickle flags, balloons in Russian flag colours of red, white and blue, the guests enjoyed food and wine, Russian folk songs and danced on the decks.
Dressed in military uniform and a nautical style striped shirt, Mr Boikov stood stiffly at attention while a Russian anthem was played before columns of balloons in the Russian St George colours of orange and black and a glorious view of the harbour behind him.
In a particularly disturbing moment Boikov asks members of the Australian chapter of the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club - Putin's confessed favourite bikie gang - what they want to say to Asov Battalion, the Ukraine regiment holding out against Russian forces in the besieged port city of Mariupol, and two of them reply: 'You'll be gone'' and 'You won't last long'.
'Aussie Cossack' Simeon Boikov hosted a party on Sydney Harbour at the weekend to celebrate Russia's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II treating guests to food, wine and music
Boikov asked his wife Katia (above on Board at the harbour Victory Day party) who he calls 'Mrs Cossack' about her great grandfathers fighting for Russia during World War II
Guests aboard Simeon Boikov's party enjoyed food and wine and a stunning view of the water on a sparkling day on Sydney Harbour
When the Aussie Cossack asks members of the Australian chapter of the Lone Wolf bikie gang what to say to a Ukrainian regiment, they reply, 'you'll be gone'
The self-styled 'Aussie Cossack' also used the event to stage a mock Russian 'invasion' with a tiny motor boat with two dogs and a Russian flag aboard speeding past, a NSW Water Police craft in pursuit.
Boikov can be heard saying as guests laugh on one of several videos he's posted online of his party, 'Guys. Can you believe this? We've got a Russian ship.
'We've got Putin's operatives on Sydney Harbour and in close ... proximity we've got the NSW Police are hot on their tail.
'I don't know how this is going to end. But I've never seen this before.'
Mr Boikov's harbour party was held on Sunday to celebrate the '9th of May Victory Day' marking Russia's defeat 1945 over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Across Russia on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding massive Victory Day parades including a huge show of strength rolling out in Moscow, even as his army marks up to 25,000 soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine.
With a video camera following him, Boikov does a walk-through of his party, interviewing his wife Ekaterina Olshannikova about her great grandfathers fighting in WWII.
He approaches members of the Australian chapter of the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club, which is Vladimir Putin's confessed favourite bikie gang, who he describes as 'scary looking bikers'.
