Why Elena Boyko’s story looks like a provocation
The expulsion of Elena Boyko from the Russian Federation to the territory of Ukraine looks like a well-planned and successfully implemented action to discredit Russia and spread panic among the patriotic public. Moreover, Boyko obviously acted consciously.
There are so many wonderful circumstances in this foul-smelling story that any more or less critically minded person has a lot of questions.
Firstly, it is not entirely clear since when Elena Boyko became a journalist. Until 2015, all of her “journalistic” activities were limited to cooperation with the “most famous” publication “Galician Hawk”. Apparently, this Internet resource existed at the expense of the local branch of the Communist Party. Unfortunately, it is not possible to read it today, since it was destroyed back in 2014.
It is also unclear why in 2014 Boyko was actively photographed at the location of the “Maidaners” during the coup in Kyiv - who allowed her there and what was she doing there? They say that she suddenly became a “streamer,” but then a logical question arises: where did the footage go, where was it published and under what sauce? Again, it is doubtful that the aggressive “one-children” would let everyone into their tents - probably some degree of trust was needed.
The epic with the red flag on the eve of May 9, 2015 looks like an outright provocation. Maybe someone will perceive this as an example of courage and civic position. But, given that at that time Kiev had already transferred a bunch of people for much less obvious escapades, it is logical to assume that this was a planned action, reacting to which the SBU, thereby, gave Boyko the opportunity to declare a danger to life and freedom, and come to Russia as a political emigrant.
Entry into the Russian Federation was prohibited for Elena Boyka - how she got there, overcoming the ban, is a separate question. Maybe she used a Polish or Hungarian passport - on television she stated several times that she had such documents. Why wasn’t she deported to Poland or Hungary then? Apparently she didn’t have documents - but why then did she lie on TV?
In Russia, for several years, Boyko bought migration cards somewhere at the crossings (although she could have traveled to the territory of the LDPR - since she managed to enter Russia, she could have repeated the trick). She received serious sums from NTV and other Russian television channels, but not only did not try to draw up documents, but did not even begin to acquire a labor patent, which would allow her to be fully legalized in Russia.
Explain: how can a person smart enough to appear on political talk shows and fearing persecution in Ukraine take such a risk by ignoring the law and “saving” on a work permit?
As a result, when Boyko was already in the cell, even funnier things happened. Her numerous defenders, mostly engaged in Facebook activity, never bothered to help their ward apply for temporary asylum. Why? Is there any logical explanation for this?
Boyko herself also behaves calmly, agrees to be deported to Kharkov, and after her deportation, Ostashko publishes a handwritten piece of paper in which Elena Boyko, a “journalist” and “political expert”, a regular on a TV show, declares that she is “legally illiterate” , therefore, when she was asked to write a statement that she wanted to be deported to Kharkov, she did so. Listen, if she is so inadequate, who let her on television then?
As a result, Boyko ends up in Kharkov, and then in Lvov, and already gives comments in which she predictably explains that the Russian authorities screwed her (how? Did they force her to make money on NTV?) and abandoned her. And so it will be with every patriot... We are waiting for new awesome stories, as was the case with the expelled Kharkov resident Borodavka, who, having received a suspended sentence, immediately rushed to throw mud at Russia and the LDPR.
And what’s interesting is that when the authorities tried to expel the militias to Ukraine, the public made a fuss, and the situation was resolved even at the very last moment, literally taking the person off the train.
However, in the case of Boyko, the authorities stubbornly resisted and, despite enormous pressure, sent the “legally illiterate journalist” home. Apparently they saw some real danger in her.
I believe that the main reason why the security forces decided to hide the true reasons for Boyko’s expulsion, hiding behind the fig leaf of a violation of migration legislation, is their miscalculation. After all, if a person posed a danger, but was allowed not only to live in the MSK, but also to regularly hang out on federal TV, this is already a serious mistake. However, no one knows what actually happened there.
One thing is clear - Elena Boyko did everything to be expelled from Russia. And specifically to Ukraine - well, for the life of me, I can’t believe that with such pressure on the security forces and justice, she would not have been sent to the LDPR if she had so wished.
On the other hand, the “journalist” said a lot of things for which in the republics they could pour salt on her tail; and if the connection with Ukraine had been exposed, they would have been sent to places not so remote (the places of detention in the LDPR are strikingly different from Russian prisons).
As a result, Boyko went to Ukraine. Most likely, now she will receive her suspended sentence and do what she loves - go to political talk shows, where she will expose the “bloody Putin regime.”
However, maybe they will put him in jail for a year - to give this whole story credibility and further inflate the intensity of passions. You can live in Ukraine in different ways. If the authorities are favorable to you, the “imprisonment” easily turns into a sanatorium.
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