athos wrote on Feb 24^th, 2022 at 9:00pm:



Boikov is a Sydney-born pro-Putin Russian ultranationalist who calls himself the Aussie Cossack. Perhaps unkindly, some have described the self-branded Aussie Cossack as Putin’s man in Australia if Putin knew who he was.

In 2018, told a Russian media outlet, “We have a unique opportunity to support Russia from within an enemy state.” The enemy he alluded to is Australia.

Boikov, who has more than 12,000 followers on Instagram, is unashamed about spreading a pro-Putin, pro-Russian message by lobbying politicians.

In August 2020, Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and evacuated to Berlin where he recovered. Navalny accused Putin of being responsible for his poisoning, and an investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service (FSB) the successor to the KGB, Putin’s alma mater. He returned to Russia in January 2021 and was jailed for two and a half years in February 2021.

Protesters gathered worldwide to call for his release. In Sydney a group of a hundred or so protesters did the same and Boikov assembled a counter-protest.

“We’re here with our President Vladimir Putin,” Boikov said, pointing to a poster of Putin toted by one of the counter-protesters, supporting Vladimir Putin, supporting the President against this opposition scum.”

When asked by Four Corners journalist Sean Nicholls if he supported the idea of murdering political opponents, Boikov replied, “I wouldn’t say murdering. I would say liquidating. Murdering is a bad word.”

As the Morrison government sanctions Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, some big questions need to be put to political candidates who overtly have endorsed Putin’s conduct.

Our security agencies will be on full alert. Putin has useful idiots everywhere.

athos wrote on Feb 24^th, 2022 at 11:03pm:


Wow

Frank wrote on Feb 24^th, 2022 at 11:06pm:



Arrest him and show him the entrance to the gulag.... that'll learn him.............

Sensible things to say about Russia and Ukraine?  Such as Ukraine is invading Russia???

I see no good coming from this surge by Putin's Russia to retake its past empire...... so like Hitler it isn't even funny..........

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 12:31am:


No brain.
If I were you, I would be worried that Australia might be next.
China is in love with Australia's natural resources.

athos wrote on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 1:16am:

Often I can’t decide if it’s your sloppy English expression or innate idiocy at work. I’ve now come to the conclusion it’s both.

athos wrote on Feb 25^th, 2022 at 1:07am:

That’s been obvious for some time. Given the increasing exploration of the sub-marine landscape just outside our territorial boundaries it looks like they’ve started planning their next moves.
Glad I’m soon leaving the planet. Our species is engineering it’s painful extinction at an ever increasing pace.

Frank wrote on Feb 24^th, 2022 at 11:25pm:

My guess is that Ukraine will turn into proxy theatres like Korea, Vietnam, and more recently Syria.   I do not think the US, UK or EU will directly declare war on Russia.   I still don’t think 200000 Russian troops is will be able to overtake the entire Ukraine, with 400000 troops and 44 million citizens.  The math just don’t add up.   At the best, I think this will settle into a prolonged but potentially very bloody war.  And the final settlement point would be similar to Korea, where Ukraine gets broken into a ‘West’ and a ‘East’ part. 

I believe, during this time, the Chinese will stay back, and hope the war will drag both Russia and the West in, and keep them there as long as possible.  That means, diplomatically keeping the conflict from reaching full war status, at the same time, not letting it settle. 

When the sanction bites, the Russian will need supplies - e.g. everyday goods, medical supplies, and this China will happily supply at a cost.  And on the other hand, it will continue to do roaring trades with major US companies.   And of course, us Aussies will continue to supply the raw material to China to enable all of that. 

The longer this conflict drags on, the weaker both the West and the Russians will be.   In which case, the Chinese can probably stand back, and if it plays the cards right, it can potentially emerge as the global power soon.