sean: the host is 31-year-old sydneysider simeon boikov, the australian-born son of a russian orthodoxs also the leader of the australian cossack society, which styles itself as a military unit. simeon: today's ceremony is very significant, for it's the hundred-year anniversary since the 1920 great russian exodus. sean: what are the cossacks in australia here to do and to achieve? simeon: the purpose of the cossacks in australia is to preserve cossack traditions, culture, values, and also to promote pro-russian sentiment, and i've been accused of that, but i'll say it on camera: we have no problems of admittg that we are pro-russian. [music in russian] sean: boikov leads a small group of dedicated australian cossacks. boikov's leadership has been controversial. at this meeting filmed by the cossacks and posted on youtube, he is reappointed for five years after fighting off an attempt to remove him. male: [speaking foreign language] simeon: [speaking foreign language] ♪♪♪ simeon: so our job as russian patriots--and this is what i call upon my compatriots to do all the time is to be mobi