Legal Sstatus of Simeon BOIKOV currently residing at the Russian Consulate in Sydney
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, As a concerned Australian citizen, I hereby request information regarding the current legal status of Simeon Boikov aka The Aussie Cossack.. It is my understanding he is currently in residence as an Australian citizen at the Consular office's of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Woollara,Sydney. He has an active arrest warrant issued by the NSW courts and publicly proclaiming he has been granted diplomatic asylum. If this were true, there would have been a an official request in writing and high level communications between the Consul General and Australian governmental and legal authorities to address such a rare diplomatic case. There are many actions that do not even remotely follow known and universally accepted guidelines for such matters according to the Vienna Conventions and UNHCR regarding internationaly accepted protocols for this highly unusal and unprecedented event. What is the official responce from the Australian Government?
Yours faithfully,
Peter Negruk
Dear Mr Negruk
Your Freedom of Information (FOI) Enquiry
I refer to your email received by the Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (DFAT) on 26 April 2023 and made in the following terms:
"... I hereby request information regarding the current
legal status of Simeon Boikov aka The Aussie Cossack.. It is my
understanding he is currently in residence as an Australian citizen at the
Consular office's of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in
Woollara,Sydney. He has an active arrest warrant issued by the NSW
courts and publicly proclaiming he has been granted diplomatic asylum. If
this were true, there would have been a an official request in writing and
high level communications between the Consul General and Australian
governmental and legal authorities to address such a rare
diplomatic case. There are many actions that do not even remotely follow
known and universally accepted guidelines for such matters according to
the Vienna Conventions and UNHCR regarding internationaly accepted
protocols for this highly unusal and unprecedented event. What is the
official responce from the Australian Government?"
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From: Peter Negruk <[FOI #10197 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2023 9:37 PM
To: FOI <[DFAT request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Freedom of Information request - Legal Sstatus of
Simeon BOIKOV currently residing at the Russian Consulate in Sydney
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Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, As a concerned Australian
citizen, I hereby request information regarding the current legal status
of Simeon Boikov aka The Aussie Cossack.. It is my understanding he is
currently in residence as an Australian citizen at the Consular office's
of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Woollara,Sydney. He
has an active arrest warrant issued by the NSW courts and publicly
proclaiming he has been granted diplomatic asylum. If this were true,
there would have been a an official request in writing and high level
communications between the Consul General and Australian governmental and
legal authorities to address such a rare diplomatic case. There are many
actions that do not even remotely follow known and universally accepted
guidelines for such matters according to the Vienna Conventions and UNHCR
regarding internationaly accepted protocols for this highly unusal and
unprecedented event. What is the official responce from the Australian
Government?
Yours faithfully,
Peter Negruk
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