Simeon Boikov, John Fine & Dijana Dragomirovic on The Lembit Öpik Show - 20 November 2023

On today's show, Simeon will discuss the top stories of the day in Australia with Lembit. Later, Dijana Dragomirovic will delve into the Western Australia Mask Mandates, exploring how it might differ this time around.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Australian-born Aussie Cossack rose to prominence during the NSW lockdowns as an outspoken media personality notorious for his hilarious interactions with the NSW police and numerous large-scale campaigns against corrupt politicians. Boikov left Australia at the age of 18 to study at the Moscow Sretensky Seminary. It was here that he had his first posting as a journalist Whilst in Russia Boikov became heavily involved in the Russian Cossack movement. Upon returning to Australia Boikov was elected the Ataman of the Australian Cossack chapter and founded a pro-Russian political newspaper called Russian Frontier. In May of 2022 the Aussie Cossack was jailed for 10 months for breaching a suppression and non-publication order for content posted to his YouTube channel. After successfully winning an appeal against the severity of the sentence Aussie Cossack left prison. In December 2022 the Aussie Cossack defected to the Russian Consulate in Sydney where he was granted diplomatic asylum. From his studio within the Consulate building, he now broadcasts daily on TNT Radio.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: John Fine is a political scientist and writer specializing in foreign affairs.

GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Dijana Dragomirovic is the CEO of the Australian Medical Network, Australia's fastest-growing health network.