Friday 1 July 2022 07:36 AM Wife of Russian pest the 'Aussie Cossack' chokes up as he's JAILED for ... trends now
The glamorous wife of a notorious pro-Putin activist and troublemaker Simeon Boikov held back tears after she learned 'the Aussie Cossack' will spend the next half year behind bars.
A visibly emotional Ekaterina Olshannikova revealed she may not see her Russophile husband outside prison for at least six months after he was convicted of breaching two court orders by a Sydney magistrate on Thursday.
Burwood Local Court found that Boikov, who has a cult following of Russian supporters and conspiracy theorists, had contravened a non-publication and suppression orders.
He will serve ten months imprisonment at Long Bay Correctional Complex, with a six month non-parole period, for naming an alleged paedophile at a 'freedom' protest.
Ms Olshannikova, who also goes by the married name of Katia Boikova, filmed herself choking up outside the courthouse.
Revealing she was 'shocked and devastated', Ms Olshannikova seemed disheartened by the jailing of her husband - though police have taken out an apprehended violence order against her husband, on her behalf.
Simeon Boikov's wife made an emotional video in which she thanked supporters for sending money and postcards to herself and Boikov
Boikov has been sentenced to ten months' imprisonment after he named a suppressed person at a protest in direct breach of court orders
'He is not allowed any visitors because of his status,' she claimed, before adding, 'he has been declared a national security risk.'
For unexplained reasons, Ms Olshannikova is certain she'll have to go the full non-parole period without seeing her husband, though she said Boikov is looking to fight his convictions.
'He has instructed his barrister to file an appeal to the District Court, thank you very much for all your donations, thank you very
