Vladimir Putin’s number one Australian supporter has had an apprehended violence order taken out against him on behalf of his glamorous wife, less than a year after they were married.
Ekaterina Olshannikova, who also goes by the married name of Katia Boikova, married self-proclaimed ‘freedom fighter’ Simeon Boikov in a traditional orthodox ceremony last year.
NSW Police has now taken out an AVO for Ms Olshannikova banning her estranged husband from assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating her.
An extra condition was that Boikov not harm ‘an animal that belongs to or is in the possession’ of his wife.
The order was taken out just two weeks before he filmed a beach trip on Australia Day with his young wife where he proudly wore a t-shirt reading ‘Aussie Cossack’ on the front and ‘Film the Police’ on the back.
Wearing a scarlet red bikini, his wife told followers ‘Happy Australia Day guys’ as her husband discussed NSW’s latest lockdown and the return of Australian ‘patriotism’.
Calling her ‘Mrs Cossack’ and ‘baby’, Boikov commented on his wife’s beauty and how happy they were.
The glamorous wife of the ultra pro-Russian Simeon Boikov, Ekaterina Olshannikova (above) has taken out an Apprehended Violence Order against the man known as the ‘Aussie Cossack’
![Ms Olshannikova took the AVO out against Simeon Boikov (above, pictured together) earlier this year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/05/55321849-10609811-image-a-79_1647235678165.jpg)
![Police took the AVO out for Ms Oslhannikova less than a year after her marriage (above) to Mr Boikov](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/06/55321857-10609811-Police_took_the_AVO_out_for_Ms_Oslhannikova_less_than_a_year_aft-a-2_1647239721133.jpg)
Ms Olshannikova took the AVO out against Simeon Boikov (above left, together) in January, less than a year after their marriage (right) in February 2021
The Putin fan, who claims the Russian leader is merely ‘liberating’ not invading Ukraine, has described his wife as an even more ‘staunch’ Putin supporter than him and claimed she was ‘disgusted with the way the West’ has turned against Russia.
She and Boikov, 32, a former Sydney private schoolboy who attended elite Trinity Grammar and St Andrews Cathedral School, married in a traditional ceremony in February last year, believed to have been held at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Fairfield.
Boikov describes himself as ‘a freedom fighter’ and the self-appointed chieftain of his Aussie Cossack movement.
![Conditions of the AVO against Simeon Boikov (pictured) by his wife include not to stalk, harass, assault, or intimidate her, not destroy or damage property or harm any of her pet animals](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/05/55321979-10609811-image-a-80_1647235979289.jpg)
Conditions of the AVO against Simeon Boikov (pictured) by his wife include not to stalk, harass, assault, or intimidate her, not destroy or damage property or harm any of her pet animals
He has also campaigned against pandemic lockdowns and against mandated Covid vaccinations.
Boikov was not present in court when the provisional order was made by NSW Police in mid-January, and the matter is listed in Burwood Local Court later this month.
In the video, filmed a fortnight after the order was taken out, Boikov told followers how great it was to be back on the beach, which he claimed was forbidden during lockdown.
Boikov said fans had been asking where they could get his ‘Aussie Cossack’ T-shirt, and questions if he should set up a website.
![Katia Elshannikova (above) married Simeon Boikov in a traditional ceremony last year at a Russian Orthodox church in western Sydney](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/05/55321827-10609811-Katia_Elshannikova_above_married_Simeon_Boikov_in_a_traditional_-a-1_1647237392831.jpg)
Katia Elshannikova (above) married Simeon Boikov in a traditional ceremony last year at a Russian Orthodox church in western Sydney
![Simeon Boikov, the 'Aussie Cossack' says his wife Katia is an even more 'staunch' supporter of Vladimir Putin and is 'disgusted' by the way the West has turned on Russia](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/06/55321873-10609811-Simeon_Boikov_the_Aussie_Cossack_says_his_wife_Katia_is_an_even_-a-1_1647239720897.jpg)
Simeon Boikov, the ‘Aussie Cossack’ says his wife Katia is an even more ‘staunch’ supporter of Vladimir Putin and is ‘disgusted’ by the way the West has turned on Russia
He asks her, ‘What do you think Mrs Cossack?’ to which Ms Elshannikova replies, ‘Yeah we need to set up some merch’.
‘That’s Mrs Cossack, she’s looking fine as usual.
‘It’s great that we can celebrate one day a year with a bit of patriotism… which has made a comeback during lockdown.
‘Aussie spirit has awoken. The spirit of the Anzacs, the Eureka spirit.’
Boikov and his wife are then interrupted by a woman named Angela, who says he is a hero for fighting against lockdown.
Near the end of the more than nine minute-long video, Ms Olshannikova explains how little beach Russians can enjoy in their own country, a small strip along the Black Sea.
![Simeon Boikov posted this video (above) on his Aussie Cossack Youtube channel of himself and wife Katia (in red bikini) on the beach on Australia Day in which he calls her 'Mrs Cossack'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/12/55321845-10609811-Simeon_Boikov_posted_this_video_above_on_his_Aussie_Cossack_Yout-a-2_1647260371257.jpg)
Simeon Boikov posted this video (above) on his Aussie Cossack Youtube channel of himself and wife Katia (in red bikini) on the beach on Australia Day in which he calls her ‘Mrs Cossack’
![Ekaterina Olshannikova, or 'Mrs Cossack', effusively praised Australia's beaches after walking hand-in-hand on the sand with her husband two weeks after taking out an AVO against him](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/05/55321837-10609811-image-m-86_1647236355784.jpg)
Ekaterina Olshannikova, or ‘Mrs Cossack’, effusively praised Australia’s beaches after walking hand-in-hand on the sand with her husband two weeks after taking out an AVO against him
She praises the extent of Australian beaches which she says are ‘awesome, amazing, most beautiful in the world beaches’.
Boikov, who appears to be reading the live stream of comments on the video, then says, ‘well there you go’.
‘Look Mrs Cossack, there’s plenty of people writing comments to you, they’re saying hello … look at the colour of the water, look at that, baby,’ he said.
Last month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Boikov declared ‘I am on war time’ and spending most of his time monitoring the actions in Ukraine and posting pro-Putin content online.
He described Scott Morrison’s pledge to send Ukraine $70million to fund missiles and armaments as dangerous to Australians and said the Australian Prime Minister was ‘a complete fool’ to provoke Putin who was ‘not mucking around’.
Last week, Boikov urged Australians to boycott McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, KFC and among nearly 70 other global brands after the corporate giants closed operations in Russia.
EXCLUSIVE: Putin’s number one fan in Australia slams Scott Morrison as a ‘complete fool’ who is provoking Russia into a war – and why his glamorous wife is even MORE furious with the West
An pro-Russian ultra patriot has mocked Scott Morrison’s plan to send Ukraine missiles, saying the Prime Minister is ‘a complete fool’ who has put Australia’s national security at risk.
Simeon Boikov, who calls himself the ‘Aussie Cossack’, said Mr Morrison’s pledge to fund missiles for Ukraine had made Australia a ‘target’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Morrison recently pledged $70million to buy military equipment and weapons for Ukraine as part of a co-ordinated Western effort to help its armed forces resist Russia’s invasion.
‘This is very serious,’ Mr Boikov told Daily Mail Australia in a recent interview.
‘We are on the verge of nuclear war. Putin is not mucking around.’
![Simeon Boikov says he has never trained in the military in either Russia or Australia but wears Cossack uniforms to honour descendants of Russian horsemen who fought with Tsarist forces during the Russian civil war](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/12/54836643-10609811-Simeon_Boikov_says_he_has_never_trained_in_the_military_in_eithe-a-3_1647261224069.jpg)
Simeon Boikov says he has never trained in the military in either Russia or Australia but wears Cossack uniforms to honour descendants of Russian horsemen who fought with Tsarist forces during the Russian civil war
Mr Boikov, who has tens of thousands of followers on his multiple social media channels, said most Australians would be against Mr Morrison dragging Australia into a war.
During the interview – conducted before Mr Putin’s invasion became bogged down by Ukrainian resistance – Mr Boikov said: ‘We shouldn’t be poking the bear.
‘Putin will have won within a few days … this is the end of the war (but) if other countries get involved it’s World War III.
‘I personally think Australia is the best country in the world … but Putin is not bluffing, I can’t stress that enough.’
Mr Boikov says his glamorous wife Katia is even more ‘staunch … and disgusted with the way the West’ has turned against Russia. The pair married in a Russian Orthodox wedding last year.
The 32-year-old construction professional, aspiring politician and founder of his patriotic Russian Australian Aussie Cossack movement, is keen for Australians to see the current crisis as he does, with Putin as a ‘liberator’ not an invader or ‘occupier’.
The one-time student at St Andrews Cathedral School and at Trinity Grammar, where he played in the second row and as a flanker in the rugby first 15, said he believed Mr Morrison was sabre rattling to appear strong going into a federal election.
‘It’s because he’s so unpopular and seen as weak and incompetent,’ Mr Boikov said. ‘It’s a joke. He’s way out of his pay grade and should stick to the floods.
Mr Boikov said it was foolish to for Australia to get involved in ‘financing death, destruction, tragedy and bloodshed (in Ukraine)’.
‘Is it a PR stunt?’ he said.
![Boikov says that Putin 'is not bluffing' and that Australian PM Scott Morrison is foolish to provoke the Russian President by promising to fund missiles for Ukraine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/03/14/06/54875659-10609811-Boikov_says_that_Putin_is_not_bluffing_and_that_Australian_PM_Sc-a-4_1647240288149.jpg)
Boikov says that Putin ‘is not bluffing’ and that Australian PM Scott Morrison is foolish to provoke the Russian President by promising to fund missiles for Ukraine
Mr Boikov claims to be a student of Russian and European history who believes ‘Nazi’ inspired battalions have been waging war against Russian speakers in Ukraine, since a political overthrow of government in 2014.
He also claims Ukrainian nationalist battalions, descended from local swastika and ‘SS’ wearing divisions from the second world war, still operate in modern Ukraine.
This argument, also used by Putin to justify the invasion, has been widely debunked by world leaders and experts as Russian propaganda
Despite admitting ‘a lot of crazies’ follow him’, Mr Boikov said 98 per cent of his serious followers believe Australia ‘should not be committing missiles or financing a war against Russia’.
He described the West’s campaign to get behind Ukraine and oppose Russia as ‘virtue signalling” and derided ‘Instagram models …. who suddenly overnight become interested in the war’ and put the yellow and blue colours of the Ukraine flag on their Instagram pages like ‘they’re Parramatta Eels supporters”.
‘I am against war, but the war has replaced Covid as the latest fear mongering campaign,’ he said.
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