A Russian citizen living at the Australian consulate complained about restrictions.

Semyon Boykov, known by the nickname Aussie Cossack on the social network X and living in the Russian consulate in Australia since December 2022, complained about conditions that he described as "prison-like" and that they were trying to "kick him out," ABC reports. He also has a channel onTELEGRAM and on YouTube.

In an interview with the television channel, Boykov claims he is "locked" in his room, cannot move around the building without security, is denied visits, and is not allowed to baptize his son at the consulate.

"I never felt welcome in this building for a day," he said.

His first child, a son, is due to be born in early December, but he says he is being denied the opportunity to baptise him in the diplomatic mission building.

"They said, 'You can't baptize a child at the consulate.' I asked, 'Why? What will happen?' He explained that he would call a priest to baptize the child. However, Boykov claims, he was told that a priest would not be allowed.

He insists they want to "kick him out," but he has no intention of leaving the diplomatic mission building. "If I need urgent medical attention, don't call an ambulance, because I won't leave," Boykov insists. "Call the funeral home to bring a hearse. I won't leave here alive." "I won't leave here, and I won't end up in an Australian prison again," he added.

According to ABC, Boykov's criticism followed the Consul General's refusal to allow John Ruddick, a Libertarian MP in New South Wales, to visit him, stating during a speech that he deserved "some leniency." Ruddick emailed Consul Zarina Gabieva requesting permission to visit Boykov, but was denied permission, citing "current security measures." Ruddick told ABC that they had become friends after he invited him to speak at an event against the lockdown during the pandemic.covid-19 .

Boykov fled to the consulate after Australian authorities issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of assaulting a 72-year-old pensioner at a pro-Ukraine rally in central Sydney. He had just been released from prison after serving four months for violating a COURT order to conceal the identity of an Orthodox priest convicted of child sexual abuse.

Commenting on Boykov's sentence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the court's decision "yet another manifestation of double standards and bias against those who exercise their right to freely express their views, which do not align with the anti-Russian mainstream on the Green Continent today." Alexey Zaytsev, Deputy DIRECTOR of the Ministry's Information and Press Department, noted at the time that Boykov "not only openly supported Russia's Central Military District in Ukraine and organized several protests in support of it outside the Russian Consulate General in Sydney, but also, using his social media resources, disseminated objective information about the Donbas."

Boykov is a descendant of Transbaikal Cossacks living in Australia. In September 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting him Russian citizenship.

In November 2011, Boykov was elected by the Council of Atamans as ataman of the Australian embassy village of the Transbaikal Cossack Host Society, but he was removed from his post in 2017. In 2014, then-Governor of the Transbaikal Territory Konstantin Ilkovsky awarded him for strengthening relations with Australia.

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